WCAG 2.4.9 · Level AAA
Identical Links Same Purpose
- What is broken
- Links sharing identical text point to different places, so a list of links is ambiguous out of context.
- Who it affects
- Screen reader users navigate by headings and landmarks; when the structure is wrong they lose the map of the page.
- How to fix it
- Give same-text links the same destination, or make the text specific to each.
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