A link's visible label and its destination should agree. A meaningful-looking action can still lead to a generic page, an outdated route or an unintended phone number. For this launch verification page, the practical test is whether the status can be supported by dated evidence for its stated coverage.
Do links deliver what their labels promise?
Start with an owner examining a passed check and a pending check. The link destinations check concerns the tested version, named destinations and evidence behind the status. A seal is meaningful only within its documented scope. Editorial approval, technical launch verification and measured business outcomes represent different claims.
A successful sample or homepage test should not certify every branch. Coverage should name which locations and response states were actually checked.
Check it on this page
Read the status report and find the evidence behind one passed item and one unresolved item before interpreting the badge.
- Inspect the actual href, phone destination or map target.
- Follow the link while signed out and record redirects or lost context.
- Compare the final destination with the action promised by its label.
Correct-looking address text can still be assembled incorrectly
Our reviews found location fields assembled with the wrong city or with city, state and postal-code information in the wrong positions. We also encountered address variants that required confirmation instead of automatic merging.
For this launch verification page, the check focuses on the destinations behind its labels. Verify the individual fields and the directions destination against the owner’s record before treating matching words as a matching place.
Repair the source, then check the published result
Correct the underlying destination and use specific labels. Retest redirects and retained context instead of marking a link passed solely because it returns a successful page response.
Record the link destinations result for this destination, then repeat the customer route until the status can be supported by dated evidence for its stated coverage. If the repair changed a shared component, compare another destination with different approved facts to detect unintended copying.
Explore a relevant example
The linked Benchmark page helps you inspect the tested version, named destinations and evidence behind the status. It is a current example to explore, not evidence that every business has the same problem.
Further reading
Platform guidance can change. Consult the current official documentation before making platform-specific changes.
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