Academics | University of South Florida

Research | University of South Florida

Libraries | University of South Florida

Colleges | University of South Florida

Faculty & Staff

Overview | Locations | University of South Florida

About USF | University of South Florida

Visit USF | University of South Florida

Leadership | University of South Florida

Mission | University of South Florida

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

December 2025

November 2025

University of South Florida

Title / URL	Issues
Academics \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/academics/index.aspx	14
Research \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/research/index.aspx	14
Libraries \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/academics/libraries.aspx	14
Colleges \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/academics/colleges.aspx	14
Faculty & Staffwww.usf.edu/about-usf/faculty-staff.aspx	13
Overview \| Locations \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/locations/index.aspx	12
About USF \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/about-usf/index.aspx	11
Visit USF \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/about-usf/visit-usf.aspx	10
Leadership \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/about-usf/leadership.aspx	10
Mission \| University of South Floridawww.usf.edu/about-usf/mission-vision.aspx	10

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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