[BirdOPrey5]

Reserved.

[Midohash]

Thanks for the mod ... Will it improve page ranking by keeping members and visitors to stay in the forum rather than to leave it when they open an external link?

[Midohash]

Installed

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Midohash

Thanks for the mod ... Will it improve page ranking by keeping members and visitors to stay in the forum rather than to leave it when they open an external link?

Doubt it. In fact I am 100% sure it won't since this uses JavaScript to rewrite the links and search engine bots ignore javascript.

Also, I'm pretty sure the target of a URL doesn't affect SEO but never checked.

[Midohash]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Doubt it. In fact I am 100% sure it won't since this uses JavaScript to rewrite the links and search engine bots ignore javascript.

Also, I'm pretty sure the target of a URL doesn't affect SEO but never checked.

Thank you. I thought initially it could improve the page rank, but now after your explanation, what are the expected benefits from it? ... also, does it cause db queries?

[BirdOPrey5]

There are no db queries.

The benefit is simply if people link from one thread to another in threads and posts on your forum it is more convenient usually to have those links open in the same tab, but by default they open in a new tab.

For example this link:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=235

If you click on it, it will open in a new tab or browser window. But if you had this mod installed it would open in the same tab so users don't have to worry about having multiple tabs open to the same site.

[Midohash]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

There are no db queries.

The benefit is simply if people link from one thread to another in threads and posts on your forum it is more convenient usually to have those links open in the same tab, but by default they open in a new tab.

For example this link:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=235

If you click on it, it will open in a new tab or browser window. But if you had this mod installed it would open in the same tab so users don't have to worry about having multiple tabs open to the same site.

Thanks a lot for the comprehensive reply.

[tehPARADOX]

Tagged.

[Blueracer66]

Works on vBulletin 3.8.7 PL3. Thanks!

[tehPARADOX]

Okay after further reading into this mod, I believe it might have the opposite effect in terms of seo and ranking.

Google loves internal linking, especially between articles and posts. It passes link juice. Though I haven't tested this mod, by your description it's using javascript. If google can't see it, it's not there.

[BirdOPrey5]

You can believe what you want but I am sure this mod doesn't hurt SEO.

[ChiNa]

Voted: Excellent Work of BirdoPrey! I am doing a cleanup on my forum, Hopefully when I am done I might come and Install this one for sure..... Thanks a lot for sharing this one with us!