Landmark
A landmark is a semantic region of a page: header, nav, main, footer, aside.
Why it matters
Landmarks let a screen reader user jump directly to the content, and they help a parser identify the primary content.
How it is measured
Inspect the page for main, nav and footer elements, and confirm main carries an id the skip link targets.
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What is landmark?
A landmark is a semantic region of a page: header, nav, main, footer, aside.
Why does landmark matter?
Landmarks let a screen reader user jump directly to the content, and they help a parser identify the primary content.
How is landmark measured?
Inspect the page for main, nav and footer elements, and confirm main carries an id the skip link targets.