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I'm interested in using target=_blanks for links but as I don't want to do parameterized URIs I am worried about losing request-based data such as the referrer. Is that fear misplaced?
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There's A Security Reason For Not Using _BlankThe target=”_blank” link attribute is risky and opens a website to security and performance issues. Google's Web. dev page on the risks of using the _blank link attribute is summarized as such: “The other page may run on the same process as your page.
target="_blank" is a special keyword that will open links in a new tab every time. target="blank" will open the first-clicked link in a new tab, but any future links that share target="blank" will open in that same newly-opened tab.
We have a news site where many articles have "Read more" links. These internal links are often set with the attribute target="_blank" , links opens in a new tab. Does it have any affect on Google Analytics and SEO? No.
There might be several reasons why the referer URL would be blank. It will/may be empty when the enduser: entered the site URL in browser address bar itself. visited the site by a browser-maintained bookmark.
No. You can try this in the latest chrome by pasting the following into the address bar:
data:text/html, <a href="http://darwinandsierra.com" target="_blank">text</a>
Then click the link, open the Chrome console and type:
document.referer
It returns a blank string.
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All links pass referrer data, unless you manually configure your browser to not send that info.
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