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Research at UAlbany | University at Albany

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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Student Life | University at Albany

University at Albany Experts | University at Albany

News Center Home | University at Albany

The Graduate School | University at Albany

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
	Arts at UAlbany \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/arts	14
	A-Z Index \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/a-z-index	14
	Admissions & Aid \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/admissions-aid	14
	Research at UAlbany \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/research-ualbany	14
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.albany.edu/	12
	University at Albany - State University of New Yorkwww.albany.edu/	12
	Student Life \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/student-life	11
	University at Albany Experts \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/news-center/experts	11
	News Center Home \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/news-center	11
	The Graduate School \| University at Albanywww.albany.edu/graduate	11

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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