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On web pages, hyperlinks are used to help users move within a document, to other pages within a site or to other pages on the web. They are activated by user action and can be associated with text, graphic/multimedia buttons or image maps. The links can be embedded within the text of the document or grouped to form a menu of navigational elements. Good navigation design helps the visitor easily find what they seek.

Below you will find a list of recommended best practices that will make your web pages more accessible:

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• Provide a method to skip repetitive links
• Group menu links into logical sets and sub sets across the site, use <H> tags for each group heading
• Develop a vertical rather than horizontal hierarchy of menu items and use <UL> tag to create list of links
• Label links so that they make sense when removed from context
• Avoid duplicate link names

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Resources

[1] Seven steps to easy navigation

[2] Designing Web Navigation

[3] Breadcrumbs

[4] Effective Web Navigation

[5] Designing Accessible Navigation

[6] Web Accessibility Best Practices- Navigation