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Lighthouse also warns against generic link text, like “Learn More”. It’s one of the few lighthouse warnings I just ignore.

• Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  In which case you ignore people with screen readers and search engines, too.
  • thesuitonym 1y ago
    Learn more is perfectly descriptive for people with screen readers.
    • scosman 1y ago
      And combined with resulting page, perfectly descriptive for search engines.
• mrweasel 1y ago
  How about changing the text ever so slightly, so rather than just "Learn More" it's "Learn move about X"?
  • carlosjobim 1y ago
    Consider a product listings page, with a "Buy" button/link next to every product. Should those links be changed to differ from each other? Google Lighthouse sure thinks so, so it's better ignored.
    • mrweasel 1y ago
      Fair point, no you're right that would be a bit silly to have "Buy X" instead of just "Buy". I would argue that that's the label of a button, not a link though.
      • carlosjobim 1y ago
        Yes, but Lighthouse considers buttons and links to be the same if there's a "href".
  • scosman 1y ago
    There's a section with a nice header making it's clear it's about X, a paragraph with details about X. Adding redundant text in the button isn't improving design. "Learn more about Synthetic Data Generation" is a truly gnarly button. I have played with making the entire section the link, which makes lighthouse stop complaining, but is lousy for providing an affordance to the user that it's an action.