Online Deals | Online Savings & Exclusives | Rite Aid

Personal Care and Hygiene Products | Toiletries | Rite Aid

Proud Planet

Summer Decorations & Supplies | Rite Aid

Harvest

Household Products & Supplies | Rite Aid

Online Grocery Shopping | Food and Drinks | Rite Aid

Beauty Products and Accessories | Rite Aid

Halloween

Garden - Summer

Two adjacent links should not point to the same destination. You almost always want to combine the 
two links.

For example, it is quite common to link an image and text together like this:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a href="news.html">
    News
</a>
``` 

These adjacent links should be combined like so:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
    News
</a>
``` 

Links to `#` are ignored, as these are nearly always placeholders for JavaScript, e.g.:

```html
<a href="#" onclick="approve()">
    OK
</a>
<a href="#" onclick="reject()">
    Cancel
</a>
```

# Justification

Many users of assistive technology are only able to experience content sequentially - that is, they must
step through each part of the page, one part at a time. Often this is a slow process, potentially 
hampered by a physical impediment.

Stepping through redundant links is time consuming; for example users of a screen reader must 
hear each link read aloud in turn. 

This also simplifies your code. 

# Methodology

1. Find all links (`<a>` tags) on the page.
2. Ignore links pointing to `#`, as these are usually placeholders for JavaScript.
3. Flag links which are (a) separated only by whitespace and (b) which point to the 
   same absolute URL.  

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links.

duplicate-adjacent-link

June 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Online Deals \| Online Savings & Exclusives \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/online-deals	24
Personal Care and Hygiene Products \| Toiletries \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/personal-care	24
Proud Planetwww.riteaid.com/shop/proud-planet	24
Summer Decorations & Supplies \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/summer	24
Harvestwww.riteaid.com/shop/harvest	24
Household Products & Supplies \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/household-pet	24
Online Grocery Shopping \| Food and Drinks \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/grocery	24
Beauty Products and Accessories \| Rite Aidwww.riteaid.com/shop/beauty	24
Halloweenwww.riteaid.com/shop/halloween	24
Garden - Summerwww.riteaid.com/shop/summer/garden	24

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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