6.9 Ambiguous Links for Screen Readers

Affected Group: Persons with poor vision

Many websites use links such as “More” and have these links for various pieces of content. Although this works for sighted users, people using screen readers will be confused about which link is which. They may discover there are several “More” links but not know what the links point to.

Websites should use description links in this case. Instead of just stating “More”, a link is recommended to be “More information about service XYZ” so that the user knows where the link will go to just by reading the text.

Ambiguous link text may confuse user and they may not understand the purpose of each link.