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When I embed a Youtube video to my site it is always sooo huge. How do I make it smaller?
Hi Tai
You can embed it as a custom HTML block and then resize the horizontal and vertical settings, but I wouldn't change the aspect ratio.
Frank 🎸
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How to make a youtube video smaller?
When I embed a Youtube video to my site it is always sooo huge. How do I make it smaller?
Hi Tai
You can embed it as a custom HTML block and then resize the horizontal and vertical settings, but I wouldn't change the aspect ratio.
Frank 🎸
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I am starting to add more affiliate links in my articles. I was wondering if the links should be marked "open in a new tab".
I have heard no, but then I have heard yes
You have FANTASTIC responses here, Tai; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.
Hey Tai,
There's no right or wrong, this isn't a "thing".
However, I always open links in a new tab.
The only reason is that website remains open in the previous tab.
So, if someone reads the "affiliate article" in the new tab, decides they don't want to do anything more, so they close that tab, the FIRST THING they will see after closing the tab is the ORIGINAL ARTICLE on your website they were reading before clicking the link.
If you DON'T open in a new tab once they close the affiliate link article tab, this also "closes" your website article.
Basic human psychology, if I close a tab and see the original article on your website that I was reading I may be tempted to read more articles on your website.
But, if I opened in "same tab" once I close that tab I WON'T see your website, so I'll go off and look at something else.
The more time people spend on your website, the more "helpful" your website is deemed, the better you can expect your rankings to be.
Simples right? 🤣🤣🤣
Partha
Hey Taianne,
Thanks for asking this question because so many SEO experts have claimed that we're supposed to state that ANY link that we set to open in a new tab should be stated as such.
Personally, I have NOT been doing that as I found that a bit tough to believe.
Tonight, because you asked, I sought PROOF from Google using your exact question... but Google would not answer the question until I added "ethically" to the phrase.
LOL! Check out the screen print below for the #1 answer in my SERP.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish,
Good ole Quora, but then it doesn't really answer the query, does it?
"Should external links open in new tab for SEO?"
"There is no hard and fast rule for whether INTERNAL links should open in a new tab or the same"... lol
Yes, no hard and fast rule... which was the point of my sharing the screen print.
See?
Helping you find an answer has now reassured me that I'm doing just fine NOT warning viewers that the link will open in another tab. 😊
I think a good rule of thumb to use is for any external link, open in a new tab. For any internal link, open in the same window. Like Phil said, this allows the reader to not completely leave your site in case they want to go right back and continue reading and exploring.
Hey Eric,
Well crap. I have not been marking any of my external links as "open in a new tab".
Should I go through all my posts and change them?
I don't have data to support it, but I always open in a new tab, so that the visitor doesn't lose their place in my website. They may wish to read more or even buy something else.
Thanks, Phil,
The program I was in prior to WA taught to mark affiliate links as open in a new tab.
But for some reason I got it in my head that someone here stated not to do that. So looking for clarification.
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Should affiliate links be marked as "open in a new tab?"?
I am starting to add more affiliate links in my articles. I was wondering if the links should be marked "open in a new tab".
I have heard no, but then I have heard yes
You have FANTASTIC responses here, Tai; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance.
Hey Tai,
There's no right or wrong, this isn't a "thing".
However, I always open links in a new tab.
The only reason is that website remains open in the previous tab.
So, if someone reads the "affiliate article" in the new tab, decides they don't want to do anything more, so they close that tab, the FIRST THING they will see after closing the tab is the ORIGINAL ARTICLE on your website they were reading before clicking the link.
If you DON'T open in a new tab once they close the affiliate link article tab, this also "closes" your website article.
Basic human psychology, if I close a tab and see the original article on your website that I was reading I may be tempted to read more articles on your website.
But, if I opened in "same tab" once I close that tab I WON'T see your website, so I'll go off and look at something else.
The more time people spend on your website, the more "helpful" your website is deemed, the better you can expect your rankings to be.
Simples right? 🤣🤣🤣
Partha
Hey Taianne,
Thanks for asking this question because so many SEO experts have claimed that we're supposed to state that ANY link that we set to open in a new tab should be stated as such.
Personally, I have NOT been doing that as I found that a bit tough to believe.
Tonight, because you asked, I sought PROOF from Google using your exact question... but Google would not answer the question until I added "ethically" to the phrase.
LOL! Check out the screen print below for the #1 answer in my SERP.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish,
Good ole Quora, but then it doesn't really answer the query, does it?
"Should external links open in new tab for SEO?"
"There is no hard and fast rule for whether INTERNAL links should open in a new tab or the same"... lol
Yes, no hard and fast rule... which was the point of my sharing the screen print.
See?
Helping you find an answer has now reassured me that I'm doing just fine NOT warning viewers that the link will open in another tab. 😊
I think a good rule of thumb to use is for any external link, open in a new tab. For any internal link, open in the same window. Like Phil said, this allows the reader to not completely leave your site in case they want to go right back and continue reading and exploring.
Hey Eric,
Well crap. I have not been marking any of my external links as "open in a new tab".
Should I go through all my posts and change them?
I don't have data to support it, but I always open in a new tab, so that the visitor doesn't lose their place in my website. They may wish to read more or even buy something else.
Thanks, Phil,
The program I was in prior to WA taught to mark affiliate links as open in a new tab.
But for some reason I got it in my head that someone here stated not to do that. So looking for clarification.
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How do I make this smaller?