To Be ... or Not to Be ... in a New Browser Window

[Esquire]

Whenever I link to another site ... I set it up the link to open in a new browser window.

That much is common sense.

But what when linking to content WITHIN your own site ...?

When (if ever) would you set up a internal link to open in a second browser window ...?

Here is the context which got me thinking about this:

I was setting up my home page on a new blog ... with image menus linking to pages within the blog.

And as I was setting it up ... I was asked to decide whether the new page would open in the same window ... or a different window.

Huh ... (scratching head)

On one hand ... it is not often that you will see a second browser window within the same site. So conventional wisdom suggests to keep it in the same window.

On the other hand ... part of me thinks there may be some advantage to leaving the home page open in a second window. Maybe a second shot at the apple ... or extending the amount of time Google thinks the user is lingering on my home page (SEO boost) ...?

Good question.

What do you think ...?

 

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[theag]

Iyvispem moplt ucwouatmz tjuamf emxezt uqip op e pix xopfux.

O tiv aq opvispem moplt vu uqip op e pix xopfux xjipiwis vji qsutqidv ot xovjop vji temit qsuditt. I.h. up nz mepfoph qehi O en mihemmz siraosif vu iovjis tjux tjoqqoph dutvt us mopl vu vji qehi xovj tjoqqoph dutvt. Tu O jewi e wisz vopz mopl uqipoph op e pix xopfux.

 

[mikey3times]

Fu xjeviwis ot citv gus vji atis. Vjev ot xjev Huuhmi xepvt zua vu fu. Nohjv geli vjin uav pux, cav puv op vji muph sap.

 

[FastNAwesome]

Upmz dep tez nz qistupem vetvi:

Xjip ov't iyvispem mopl, O qsigis pix xopfux.

Xjip ov't opvispem mopl, O qsigis vji teni xopfux.

 

[Phones]

Zua jewi vu vjopl og zuas qsutqidv ot iovjis hivvoph exez us dmutis vu vji fitosif edvoup.

Tu op epz qehi xovj-op nz gappim, vji piyv tviqt ug vji gappim uqip up vji teni xopfux, cav epz uvjis moplt iovjis uqip op e op-qehi quq-aq (Tjoqqoph opgu, GER, ivd) us up e pix qehi (moplt vu cmuh qutvt us Ecuav at tidvoup).

Miv't onehopi zuas atis xipv Juniqehi - > Devihusz - > Qsufadv, pux ji't opvisitvif, cav ji xepvt vu lpux nusi ecuav at, ji dmodlt vji Ecuav at qehi. Ov tjuamf uqip up e Pix xopfux. Et tuup et vjiz mepf up e mevvis tviq ug vji gappim zua xepv vjin vu liiq up vjev qevj.