Golden 1 Credit Union | Online Checking Accounts in CA

Golden 1 Credit Union | New & Used Low-Rate Car Loans in CA

Golden 1 Credit Union | Free Checking, Credit Cards, Home & Auto Loans

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Golden 1 Credit Union | Our Commitment

Golden 1 Credit Union | About Us

Golden 1 Credit Union | Scholarships

Golden 1 Credit Union | Home Loans & Lending in CA

Golden 1 Credit Union | ATM Branch Finder

Golden 1 Credit Union | Events

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Online Checking Accounts in CAwww.golden1.com/checking-savings/checking	4
Golden 1 Credit Union \| New & Used Low-Rate Car Loans in CAwww.golden1.com/credit-cards-loans/auto-loans	3
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Free Checking, Credit Cards, Home & Auto Loanswww.golden1.com/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.golden1.com/	2
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Our Commitmentwww.golden1.com/our-community/our-commitment	1
Golden 1 Credit Union \| About Uswww.golden1.com/discoverg1/about-us	1
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Scholarshipswww.golden1.com/our-community/scholarships	1
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Home Loans & Lending in CAwww.golden1.com/credit-cards-loans/home-loans	1
Golden 1 Credit Union \| ATM Branch Finderwww.golden1.com/atm-branch-finder	1
Golden 1 Credit Union \| Eventswww.golden1.com/our-community/events	1

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

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