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(Entry was posted by Patty Mantaloons on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/29/2017).

Forcing new windows for external URLs using target_blank

What are you thoughts on forcing new windows for external URLs using target_blank. HTML5 has brought this back, but has usability? And secondarily, is a clickthrough to an external link in a new window considered an exit, just as if it had loaded in _self?
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