[thelist] To _blank or not to _blank

nagrom morgan at morgankelsey.com
Tue Apr 23 15:57:00 CDT 2002


aardvark,

> > search engines that measure link weight give less weight to a link
> > that opens in a new window as well. this is why lots of site's link
> > page's links all open in new windows.
> [...]
>
> interesting... took a few reads, but i think i got it...

sorry if that was a little cryptic...
<a href="foo.com" target="_blank">
will weigh less than the same link without the target attribute

> got any documentation on this?
>

grrr, cant find a link, but i know its a factor, how much of a factor is
sure to vary from engine to engine

i'll find you a link....


nagrom
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