3M Global Gateway

3M Science. Applied to Life. 3M United States

3M Adhesives, Sealants & Fillers | 3M United States

3M Insulation | 3M United States

3M Labels | 3M United States

3M Medical | 3M United States

Manufacturing Industries & Product Expertise Areas | 3M

3M Lubricants | 3M United States

3M Electrical | 3M United States

All 3M Products | 3M United States

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
3M Global Gatewaywww.3m.com/3M/en_US/select-location/	3
3M Science. Applied to Life. 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/	1
3M Adhesives, Sealants & Fillers \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/adhesives/	1
3M Insulation \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/insulation/	1
3M Labels \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/labels/	1
3M Medical \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/medical/	1
Manufacturing Industries & Product Expertise Areas \| 3Mwww.3m.com/3M/en_US/manufacturing-us/	1
3M Lubricants \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/lubricants/	1
3M Electrical \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/c/electrical/	1
All 3M Products \| 3M United Stateswww.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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