Kilotest: Diagnoses of link name vague violation by HTML element 1557 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the Open Secrets page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 13 days ago by job 79l on 2026-05-19 at 14:37

About HTML element 1557

• Tag name: A
• Text: here
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/contracts">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[7]/section[1]/div[2]/div[6]/div[2]/span[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 902, y = 5774, width = 34, height = 26

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About the link name vague issue

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand what a link points to
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the link name vague issue for HTML element 1557 of the Open Secrets page.

1. <p>This link's text is: <strong>here</strong></p> <p>Readers skim for links. This is especially true of screen reader users, who navigate using a list of on-page links.</p> <p>Generic links like "click here," "read more" or "download" expect the reader be reading slowly and carefully enough to figure out each link's purpose from context. Few readers do this, so click-through rates on meaningless links are extremely poor.</p> <ul> <li>Ideal: "Learn about <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">meaningful links"</a></strong></li> <li>Not meaningful: "Click <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">here</a> to learn about meaningful links."</li> <li>Not concise: "<a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">Click here to learn more about meaningful links</a>"</li> </ul>

   Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: linkTextIsGeneric