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Accessibility findings that are more common on pages running a technology than on pages without it, across the 195 page(s) in 2026-W44 where both technology detection and an accessibility engine ran. Each finding is compared across the pages its own engine checked, since axe and Alfa can run on different samples.

Times as common compares the two groups: the share of pages with the technology that have the finding, divided by the share of pages without it that have it. 1× means no difference; 2× means twice as common. “Only with it” means no page without the technology had the finding. A finding is listed when it is at least 1.5 times as common and is on at least 5 pages with the technology, and only technologies with at least 5 pages each way are compared.

Not compared, because they run on nearly every page and leave fewer than 5 pages without them: Bootstrap, Drupal, Fastly, Google Ads, Google Ads Conversion Tracking, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HSTS, Hotjar, MariaDB, Microsoft Advertising, Nginx, PHP, Pantheon, Varnish, jQuery, jQuery UI.

This is an association, not proof of cause. Technologies detected on the same pages (e.g. a CMS, its host, and its language) show the same numbers, and the listing cannot tell which one in such a stack is responsible. Treat strong pairs as leads for a human to confirm — a barrier that recurs with the same technology, especially across multiple sites, is likely a bug in that technology rather than in any one page's content.

Each finding links to its full report on the Accessibility page: the pages it is on, the failing elements and how to fix them.

Amazon Advertising 149 pages

Findings at least 1.5 times as common on pages running Amazon Advertising as on pages without it.
Finding Pages with Amazon Advertising Pages without it Times as common
Use heading levels in order (h1 → h2 → h3) without skipping; structure, not size. (axe) 24 of 149 (16%) 0 of 46 (0%) only with it
Page starts with a level 1 heading (alfa) 22 of 86 (26%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it
Headings are structured hierarchically (alfa) 19 of 86 (22%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it

Google Publisher Tag 149 pages

Findings at least 1.5 times as common on pages running Google Publisher Tag as on pages without it.
Finding Pages with Google Publisher Tag Pages without it Times as common
Use heading levels in order (h1 → h2 → h3) without skipping; structure, not size. (axe) 24 of 149 (16%) 0 of 46 (0%) only with it
Page starts with a level 1 heading (alfa) 22 of 86 (26%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it
Headings are structured hierarchically (alfa) 19 of 86 (22%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it

Quantcast Measure 149 pages

Findings at least 1.5 times as common on pages running Quantcast Measure as on pages without it.
Finding Pages with Quantcast Measure Pages without it Times as common
Use heading levels in order (h1 → h2 → h3) without skipping; structure, not size. (axe) 24 of 149 (16%) 0 of 46 (0%) only with it
Page starts with a level 1 heading (alfa) 22 of 86 (26%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it
Headings are structured hierarchically (alfa) 19 of 86 (22%) 0 of 24 (0%) only with it