Life at Penn | University of Pennsylvania

Services | University of Pennsylvania

About | University of Pennsylvania

Securing a Sustainable Future | University of Pennsylvania

Academics | University of Pennsylvania

Penn A-Z | University of Pennsylvania

Facts | University of Pennsylvania

Admissions & Aid | University of Pennsylvania

Policies | University of Pennsylvania

Parents & Families | University of Pennsylvania

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

October 2025

September 2025

University of Pennsylvania

	Title / URL	Issues
	Life at Penn \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/life-at-penn	27
	Services \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/services	19
	About \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/about	16
	Securing a Sustainable Future \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/about/sustainability	12
	Academics \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/academics	10
	Penn A-Z \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/penn-a-z	10
	Facts \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/about/facts	9
	Admissions & Aid \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/admissions	8
	Policies \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/about/policies	6
	Parents & Families \| University of Pennsylvaniawww.upenn.edu/parents	6

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

University of Pennsylvania

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