Word Links Properly

Links must be worded properly to enable users with screen readers to understand them.

The following links are worded incorrectly. For example:

Click here for Google
Click here for Yahoo!

A user with a screen reader who is tabbing through the links only hear "click here" for each link, with no idea what the link is about.

The correct method is to hyperlink the keywords. For example:

Search Google
Search Yahoo!

Don't include "Search" (or any other similar prefix) in every link, as it becomes somewhat repetitive.

When naming links in your site, ask yourself this question. If a user were navigating through your web pages by "hearing" ONLY the links, would the site be understandable? Are there links that seem to be duplicating the same idea?

Therefore, you may wish to create a link containing a full description of what will happen. This method, of course, depends on your audience. Go with what seems best to you.

Here are a couple of examples:

Search Google
Search Yahoo!

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