Our History | S&P Global

Special Reports | S&P Global

Media Contacts | S&P Global

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Essential Intelligence | S&P Global

Contact Us | S&P Global

About Us | S&P Global

Data & Analytics | S&P Global

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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Our History \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/our-history	16
Special Reports \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/special-reports	3
Media Contacts \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/press/media-contacts	3
Capabilities \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/capabilities	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.spglobal.com/en	3
Essential Intelligence \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en	3
Contact Us \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/enterprise/about/contact-us.html	3
About Us \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/who-we-are/about-sp-global	3
Data & Analytics \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/products/data-analytics	3
Contact Us \| S&P Globalwww.spglobal.com/en/contact-us	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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