Opening Links In A New Tab

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   Pamela N Redposted 13 years ago

   It would be a nice feature if when we click on a link it opened in a new window. Most other websites do this.
   
   The main reason it is helpful is that HubPages still remains open giving a longer view time as well as keeping people on your site as they have to close the window to leave.
   
   I have closed windows forgetting that HubPages was on the same tab and then had to create a new one to revisit my site or those of other writers.
   
   Thank you for the consideration.

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      IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      HP used to have this option, but took it away for SEO purposes.
      
      It is so easy to get into the habit of always right-clicking links, and choosing 'open in new tab'.

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   relacheposted 13 years ago

   An individual's browser settings can override the page setting, making the page setting moot.

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   Pamela N Redposted 13 years ago

   True, but the general public aren't going to know how to do that. I personally find it helpful to have a hot link that opens a new tab.

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   tlpoagueposted 13 years ago

   I have to agree. I am not computer savy, so it would be helpful to me if something like this was already in place. I can't count how many times I have closed my tab only to realize I should have backed up to get back to where I left off reading.

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   Just Ask Susanposted 13 years ago

   I read a hub about doing this and how it is done. I have not tried to do it yet but let me know if it works if one of you could. It is called Reader How to Keep Them and the hubber that wrote the hub is Sinea Pies.

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   lokoyizoneposted 13 years ago

   I totally agree with you.It is one of the functions that I hope hubpages will adopt one of these days. Real soon.

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   Peter Hogganposted 13 years ago

   It's not going to happen. There are serious usability issues with this i.e. it breaks the back button making previously visited pages difficult to return too. Apart from that I really don’t want anyone hijacking my browser. I will choose when I want to open a new tab or window.

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   Cardisaposted 13 years ago

   They do it for Twitter, Blogger and Facebok but not the other sharing sites. I wonder why?

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   Pcunixposted 13 years ago

   Tabs can increase bounce rates.   If you open a page in a new tab and then forget about it, Google counts that as a bounce..

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      Cardisaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah, that's not good at all. We want people to stay on our page in that case.

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