Majors, Minors and Certificates - West Virginia University

A-Z Index - West Virginia University

West Virginia University

Admissions and Aid - West Virginia University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Site Map - West Virginia University

Donors - West Virginia University

About WVU - West Virginia University

WVU Facts - West Virginia University

International - West Virginia University

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
	Majors, Minors and Certificates - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/academics/programs	49
	A-Z Index - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/SiteIndex	11
	West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/	6
	Admissions and Aid - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/admissions	6
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.wvu.edu/	6
	Site Map - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/sitemap	6
	Donors - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/info-for/donors	6
	About WVU - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/about-wvu	5
	WVU Facts - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/about-wvu/wvu-facts	5
	International - West Virginia Universitywww.wvu.edu/international	4

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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