When I link out somewhere (anywhere, even wiki or something), I always use HTML so that it opens a new tab and they aren't directed away from my page. Is this a good or bad thing to be doing? Just wondering!
That's a really good idea. I hadn't thought of that and would be interested in the comments of HP advisors or others who've tried it.
I use a HTML....
target="_blank"
... to open my outbound links. That way viewers are staying on my Hub rather than dissapearing into the ether!
yes, that is a good question...anxious to hear some replies! This would be good information to know.
Just in the sense of a lower HubScore or whatever. I'm inclined to think it's a good idea to keep them on my hubs, but I just want to be sure it's not an underlying cause for some lower scores I might be experiencing.
No, it does not effect your hub score nor your hubber score. You can use this code. It is one of the few that HP does not remove when you add it.
I wish that HubPages gave us a choice when making a link as to where to open the new tab.
I'm not sure if this will help, but it's the HTML command to open outbound links in a new tab. Simply fill it in with your own links and words and copy it into the HTML section of a text blurb:
<a href="LINK_HERE"_blank">Hyperlinked_Words_Here</a>
Super. I'll start using it too. Should there be quotation marks after " _blank"?
Yes, the quotation marks go before and after. You also must use the command: target. Therefore, Ghaaz B has it wrong in the last post. It should read:
<a href="LINK_HERE" target="_blank">Hyperlinked_Words_Here</a>
Okie dokie. I'd better rewrite my note to myself. Thank you.
Thanks for the correction, Aaron. I wrote in haste! It can be so easy to make a mistake, and with more complicated code, it can be so much more frustrating!
Yeah, I understand. As soon as I noticed the slight mistake I wanted to put up the correction. Coding can be very frustrating when it keeps kicking it back and you are just one or two characters off.
I use that code and I think it is a benefit to HubPages, because it doesn't automatically closeout the HubPage and replace it with the other source.
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