Posted by Pritam Barhate on 12/06/07 10:24

Hi,

This question has been vexing me from quite some time now. When one
links to the resources outside his/her website should the
target="_blank" attribute be used for the <a> tag?

Normally I use target="_blank" for anything that is outside my
website. But this question bothers me even more when I am creating a
list of resources. Since, while viewing these lists user will be more
interested in the resources than my website.

Recently I came across the following opinion a lot times:

If the user wants to come back to your site he has the back button and
also he can use the "Open in new window" option if he wants the linked
resource to open in new window.

Please share your thoughts about this point.

Thank You.

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