The School of Business at PSU | Portland State University | Portland State University

Transfer to PSU | College Transfer Information

I Am A Student | Portland State University

I am a PSU Faculty & Staff | Portland State University

College of Education | Portland State University

Academic Resources | Portland State University

Welcome to the Graduate School | Portland State University

Schools and Colleges | Portland State University

Page not found | Portland State University

Soy Un Padre de Familia | Portland State University

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.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

June 2025

May 2025

Portland State University

	Title / URL	Issues
	The School of Business at PSU \| Portland State University \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/business/	25
	Transfer to PSU \| College Transfer Informationwww.pdx.edu/transfer-student	15
	I Am A Student \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/student	15
	I am a PSU Faculty & Staff \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/faculty-staff	13
	College of Education \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/education/	12
	Academic Resources \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/academic-resources	11
	Welcome to the Graduate School \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/gradschool/	9
	Schools and Colleges \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/schools-colleges	7
	Page not found \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	7
	Soy Un Padre de Familia \| Portland State Universitywww.pdx.edu/padres	7

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

Portland State University

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