Events | Occidental College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Occidental College | The Liberal Arts College in Los Angeles

Giving | Occidental College

Faculty | Occidental College

Admission | Occidental College

Oxy Outcomes | Occidental College

How to Apply | Occidental College

Academics | Occidental College

Library | Occidental College

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

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Title / URL	Issues
Events \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/events	27
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.oxy.edu/	19
Occidental College \| The Liberal Arts College in Los Angeleswww.oxy.edu/	19
Giving \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/giving	13
Faculty \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/academics/faculty	13
Admission \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/admission-aid	12
Oxy Outcomes \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/about-oxy/oxy-outcomes	12
How to Apply \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/admission-aid/apply	12
Academics \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/academics	10
Library \| Occidental Collegewww.oxy.edu/academics/library	9

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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