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Links too close together to tap on a phone
Most local searches happen on a phone, and a phone is worked with a thumb. When links are small and packed tight, a thumb aimed at one lands on the next, and the visitor ends up somewhere they did not mean to go.
It usually happens in lists: a footer of quick links, or a menu, set with the lines close together. A link inside a sentence is fine. So is a small icon with room around it.
Worth about 2 points of your 100 for a typical businessAbout 1 hour, by your web person
See for yourself
Open your homepage on your own phone and tap every link in the footer and the menu with your thumb. Each should work first time.
How to fix it
- Give every link in a list about 24 pixels of height or spacing.
- Check the footer and the menu on a real phone afterwards.
The technical version, for your web person
target size. WCAG 2.2, success criterion 2.5.8 (Target Size, Minimum): a target under 24x24 CSS pixels fails unless it is inline in a sentence or no other target's centre lies within 24px of its own. We measure the homepage at 375px wide. One point.
What the check reads. WCAG 2.2 SC 2.5.8: a target under 24x24 CSS px counts only if it is NOT inline in a sentence AND another target's centre is within 24 px of its own. Fails on any such 'cramped' target.
This is one of the checks in a YLB Score report. Every report is free, read by a person before it goes out, and written so that you can act on it without us. Ask for yours.