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Does Google care about Internal links opening in a new tab?

Some Internal links opening in a new tab. Good or bad for UX? Google cares about this?

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

2d: My preference is no. Except if it`s a whole different site with its own navigation
× ×ª×Ÿ ×’××™×“××™: Thanks
Richard Hearne: Hate websites that spawn new windows. I`ve also always thought it could possibly be a very mild signal.
Michael Martinez: I only open new tabs for external links, because there is no way to know what experience the visitor will have when trying to get the other site to load in their browser.I keep all internal links in the same browser context. People expect that.
2d: My preference is no. Except if it`s a whole different site with its own navigation
× ×ª×Ÿ ×’××™×“××™: Thanks
Richard Hearne: Hate websites that spawn new windows. I`ve also always thought it could possibly be a very mild signal.
Michael Martinez: I only open new tabs for external links, because there is no way to know what experience the visitor will have when trying to get the other site to load in their browser.I keep all internal links in the same browser context. People expect that.