Speed test with the same descriptive text for different resources

TL;DR

Using the same descriptive text for different resources is an accessibility issue. However, this problem does not occur in the tested speed tests.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Same descriptive text for different resources is mentioned in this Top Ten Most Common Web Accessibility Issues.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we use ZOMDir's Page inspector (with the "Links" view, the Anchor text block).

The test is invoked immediately after loading the homepage. When a speed test starts automatically, the test is started when the test is completed.

For this test we count the number of texts that are used for different links.

When the number of different links is higher than 1, we do a manual check for false positives.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest has 0x the same link text used for different links
  2. Bandwidth Place has 0x the same link text used for different links
  3. Bredbandskollen has 0x the same link text used for different links
  4. Broadband Internet Speed test (Gone) has 0x the same link text used for different links
  5. Broadband Speed Checker has 0x the same link text used for different links
  6. Cloudflare has 0x the same link text used for different links
  7. Comparitech has 0x the same link text used for different links
  8. DSLReports has 0x the same link text used for different links
  9. Fast has 0x the same link text used for different links
  10. Fireprobe has 0x the same link text used for different links
  11. Google Fiber has 0x the same link text used for different links
  12. Internet Speed at a Glance has 0x the same link text used for different links
  13. LibreSpeed has 0x the same link text used for different links
  14. M-Lab has 0x the same link text used for different links
  15. Meter.net has 0x the same link text used for different links
  16. N Perf has 1x the same link text used for different links
  17. Ookla Speedtest has 0x the same link text used for different links
  18. Open Speed Test has 0x the same link text used for different links
  19. SamKnows has 0x the same link text used for different links
  20. SpeedCheck has 0x the same link text used for different links
  21. SpeedOf.me has 0x the same link text used for different links
  22. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page has 0x the same link text used for different links
  23. SpeedSmart has 0x the same link text used for different links
  24. Speedtest4.PHP not possible to test
  25. TestMy.net has 0x the same link text used for different links
  26. Toast has 0x the same link text used for different links
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test has 1x the same link text used for different links
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test has 0x the same link text used for different links

A manual check of N Perf and Which Broadband Speed Test shows that there is a false positive result. In both cases the same page will be shown after following the different links.

A manual check of Speedtest4.PHP also shows no accessibility issues for this topic.

 

Conclusions

No speed test uses the same link text for different links.