Should links open in a new window on LL?

[RawAlex]

Cus they suck?


from what I see, link lists rarely use new windows by default but TGPs do. This might be why TGPs apparenly have so much more traffic, but link sites generate so many more sales.

Alex

[spacemanspiff]

I did some searching around, some of the 'heavyweights" open new windows, some don't. I use em so that if a site I'm linked to decides to do something sneaky, the surfer can (hopefully) just close the new window and be back where he started.

If you have a good reason for not using them, why not just say so. Spell it out baby. I'm always willing to learn something new, and I can change my setup really easily.

[spacemanspiff]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Cus they suck?


from what I see, link lists rarely use new windows by default but TGPs do. This might be why TGPs apparenly have so much more traffic, but link sites generate so many more sales.

Alex

I had to think about what you said here, Alex. I was trying to figure out a way that opening links in new windows would inflate traffic numbers. Couldn't figure it.

I think the reason most link lists have bigger traffic numbers is blind linking and circle jerking. That's why it's less productive than link list traffic, at least imo.

I'm not saying all this just to be argurmentative. I'd just like to know if there's a good reason to change the way I do things. Sometimes you can get tunnel vision on these kinds of things.