Comments on: Target Of Your Links

By: Cesar

Cesar — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:13:30 +0000

I mostly use open link in current window for my site because I think it's annoying to open a new window. Cesar's last blog post..Radio Glitch delays work on Mars

By: Cesar

Cesar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:28:08 +0000

I am agree with you. Open in new window is reallly irritating me that’s way I always set the links in my blog in open in current windows. I think it is the best way to get more visitors.

By: derek

derek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:12 +0000

Rob, welcome and thanks for sharing your input on the question of link targets.

It has been great to hear the differing opinions on something that seemed so basic and something that I never really gave a second thought to at the time. There are pros and cons for each method but I too fall into the camp that prefers not to force anything on my readers.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:43:08 +0000

I had, for the longest time, standardized on my own convention of opening external links in a new window. With internal links - those to other pages on my own site - I opted to not force those into a new window.

Now, I had established this as a “helper” for my visitors who were less-than-savvy with Internet browsing and quite a lot of my expected and/or intended audience (older relatives & friends and or other Internet newcomers) do (or did) fall into that category.

But over the past 5-6 months I’ve been reading quite a bit about this and my attitude has begun to shift. The consensus seems to be that forcing anything on the visitor, regardless of how sincere the intent, is rude. So, while I still slip up from time to time, I’ve been more mindful to try to break my old coding habits and not use the target=”_blank” attribute on links.

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By: Don@AffiliateWatcher

Don@AffiliateWatcher — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:01:02 +0000

I always use the “open in a new window” feature when inserting a link into my post.

Why take the chance of someone clicking away?

Don

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Derek Semmler dot com - Quick Blog Review — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:47:15 +0000

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By: Pablo Rosales

Pablo Rosales — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:50:00 +0000

I always open in a new tab, don’t like the “back” button

By: derek

derek — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:13:52 +0000

That is a great find!

By: msdanielle

msdanielle — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:30:44 +0000

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