News & Events | University of Minnesota

For Journalists | University of Minnesota

Health Sciences | University of Minnesota

Academics and Admissions | University of Minnesota

Alumni | University of Minnesota

Research | University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

First time visit: View without clicking anything

404 - Page Not Found | University of Minnesota

Gopher Athletics | University of Minnesota

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

January 2026

December 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	News & Events \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/news-events	17
	For Journalists \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/for-journalists	13
	Health Sciences \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/health-sciences	11
	Academics and Admissions \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/academics-admissions	11
	Alumni \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/alumni	8
	Research \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/research	7
	University of Minnesota Twin Citiestwin-cities.umn.edu/	7
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingtwin-cities.umn.edu/	7
	404 - Page Not Found \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	7
	Gopher Athletics \| University of Minnesotatwin-cities.umn.edu/gopher-athletics	7

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Where this issue has occurred