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Rule page.accessibility.link-text-non-descriptive

Replace "click here" / "read more" link text

page.accessibility.link-text-non-descriptive is a check in Crawlmind's site audit that grades medium-impact issues of this kind. This page explains why the rule matters and the exact fix.

Impact: mediumEffort: lowFixable: 1-click

Why it matters

Generic link text ("click here", "read more", "learn more", "this link") fails WCAG 2.4.4 and tells AI crawlers nothing about where the link goes. Screen reader users navigate by listing links: they hear "read more, read more, read more" with no idea which is which.

The fix

```html
<!-- Wrong -->
<p>To learn about pricing, <a href="/pricing">click here</a>.</p>

<!-- Right: link text describes the destination -->
<p>See our <a href="/pricing">pricing and plans</a>.</p>

<!-- When you really need to keep the CTA short, aria-label disambiguates -->
<a href="/case-study/acme.pdf" aria-label="Read the Acme case study PDF">Read more</a>
```

Test: list every `<a>` on the page in isolation. If the text alone tells you where it goes, it passes.

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