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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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Learn ASL at Gallaudet \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/asl/	11
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center \| About \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/clerc-center/overview/	5
Privacy Policy \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/privacy-policy/	2
Page not found \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Degrees \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/directory/degrees/	2
Events \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/events/	2
Areas of Study \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/directory/areas-of-study/	2
Divisions \| Gallaudet Universitygallaudet.edu/divisions/	1
Gallaudet University \| Changing the world with a bilingual way of beinggallaudet.edu/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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