Hyperlinks
When creating links to relevant pages or web-sites, use text that makes sense when read out of context. For example, avoid "click here."
When scanning a page, sometimes a user will just visually scan the links, to find out what link will take him/her to the desired destination. In the same way, the visually disabled use the screen readers to jump between hyperlinks. If "click here" is the link's description, then the screen reader will only say "click here." If all the links have the same kind of non-intuitive description, then a list of "click here", "click here", "click here" will be of no help to those using a screen reader.
When creating hyperlinks make them meaningful.
Compare:
- Go to the OSU home page by clicking here, and
- Go to the OSU home page by clicking here
When you look at the above two links, the second one appears more descriptive, but does not involve any more work than "clicking here"!
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