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Hi all, greetings from a Peruvian fella living in Down Under, Oz, Australia. Migrated 15 years ago looking for greener pastures and landed in the beautiful

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been checking a couple of reviews blogs and realized some of the posted links take you to a new browser tab whereas others open in the same page. In your opinion, what is the b

I always use a new tab. Ido this so my website is still on the searcher's computer when they close the tab for the new site. If they close the tab when it is on the same page they lose your site as well.

Derek

If the link isn't to another part of the site, I definitely think it should be in a separate tab. If it isn't, I get upset. Not raging upset, but unhappy. I'll often go back then right-click to bring up a new tab.
Reason being, I'm probably not ready to leave the original site, yet. I just want to see what the link does.

Thanks Cathy Allen,
good reasoning there. Better to give customers the chance to stay on our site.

Any external links that back my researched posts stay in the page, so that I don't lose traffic. Products or affiliate programs I open in new page - it just seems fitting to me. However, others may differ.

Thanks Snazzi,
another good reason and point of view. Completely agree.

That is a good point!
Thanks Snazzy

Yes, tick that box.
Then visitors won't be taken away from your site, a new tab means if they close it, they are still on your site.
Daisy

Thanks Daisy,
Exactly. What if they close the "one tab" site by mistake? then chance to use affiliate link might disappear.

they can click it again back on your site :-)

In my opinion, I have a new tab for external sites but any internal links are to the same browser tab.

Thanks nudge,
I think is a simple rule to follow.

I might so the same

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"open in new tab" link or not?

"open in new tab" link or not?

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Getting Started
Updated

been checking a couple of reviews blogs and realized some of the posted links take you to a new browser tab whereas others open in the same page. In your opinion, what is the b

I always use a new tab. Ido this so my website is still on the searcher's computer when they close the tab for the new site. If they close the tab when it is on the same page they lose your site as well.

Derek

If the link isn't to another part of the site, I definitely think it should be in a separate tab. If it isn't, I get upset. Not raging upset, but unhappy. I'll often go back then right-click to bring up a new tab.
Reason being, I'm probably not ready to leave the original site, yet. I just want to see what the link does.

Thanks Cathy Allen,
good reasoning there. Better to give customers the chance to stay on our site.

Any external links that back my researched posts stay in the page, so that I don't lose traffic. Products or affiliate programs I open in new page - it just seems fitting to me. However, others may differ.

Thanks Snazzi,
another good reason and point of view. Completely agree.

That is a good point!
Thanks Snazzy

Yes, tick that box.
Then visitors won't be taken away from your site, a new tab means if they close it, they are still on your site.
Daisy

Thanks Daisy,
Exactly. What if they close the "one tab" site by mistake? then chance to use affiliate link might disappear.

they can click it again back on your site :-)

In my opinion, I have a new tab for external sites but any internal links are to the same browser tab.

Thanks nudge,
I think is a simple rule to follow.

I might so the same

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