I would like to setup adsense to open in a new window. I have noticed that some hubbers have this feature and some do not. Is it a good idea or can it cause ranking or other issues with search engines like google? How do I configure my adsense account to open in a new window.
Options to open links in a new window are configurable in your web browser.
Some people say when you build this option into a web page, to force links to open in a new window, that the search engines view those the same as a pop-up ad since the search engine can't tell if you are serving an ad to the viewer or not. If that is the case, forcing a new window link could be a bad idea as the search engines frown on pop-ups.
Wow, I didn't know that! I always have my links open in a new browser window so that readers will be less likely to lose my original page. Maybe I need to research that some.
0If you had your own site with links on it, then it is customary that when you link to other pages in your site, it is usually done in the same window (internally). But if you link to outside links away from your site, then generally it's opened in a new tab or window. I guess it's all about preference, but that's the way most webmasters I know of do it. But it's bit different here at HubPages because you are not the owner of this site. But for the most part I use the same concept here.
by Sam Montana 10 years ago
Today, the article I get the most views per week and month was un-featured because of traffic. Pretty soon all of my articles will be un-featured because of traffic. What is the solution, I market them, tweet them, etc and they continue to remain this way. Going in and editing these articles does...
by Kate Swanson 17 years ago
I was reading a Hub on Hubpages, and was concerned to read the advice that the content we use in our Hubs should be unique, not something we've posted elsewhere on the net.I started out on Helium and have nearly 200 articles on that site. When I joined HubPages, I saw it as a great opportunity to...
by Rachel Koski Nielsen 13 years ago
How do I find out if a Hub is indexed by search engines?I've noticed other Hubbers mentioning that they check to see if their hubs are indexed by the search engines like Google. How do I do this? Sorry if the answer is painfully obvious, I'm just not very savvy when it comes to this stuff! Thanks
by emx1084 14 years ago
Is it best to submit your hubs' urls to search engines like google or not?Or should I not submit since it is done differently since I do not own hubpages? Do msn, bing, google,etc automatically index my pages?
by Appletreedeals 15 years ago
Here's the question: Should you have outbound links open in a new target window, or open over your hub.thoughts: I DO NOT like opening in new window because ...1. users are used to using browser back-arrow to return from links, (I think it is important to not upset a routine)2. for some systems and...
by Kelly W. Patterson 17 years ago
I really liked the links capsule until I clicked on one to test it and figured out that it opened in the same window. Is it possible to make it an option to open a new window like when you are adding links within the text.
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