Convert All Links to be Opened in New Window

Posted on November 14, 2007 
Filed Under JavaScript

This javascript codes will force all links at a page to be opened in new window when it’s clicked. It is a simple way to mass convert whole site links especially it has a lot of pages. You just need to put the snippet inside the head section (<head> … here … </head>) in your html template:

<script language=”javascript”>
function externalLinks() {
if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName(”a”);
for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
var anchor = anchors[i];
if (anchor.getAttribute(”href”) &&
anchor.getAttribute(”rel”) == “external”)
anchor.target = “_blank”;
}
}
window.onload = externalLinks;
</script>

I found it here. You can change the variable inside the rel attribute appropriate to your need (such nofollow, etc). Or you can even reverse the logic:

anchor.getAttribute(”rel”) == “external”
to
anchor.getAttribute(”rel”) != “internal”

Was recently thinking, convert all Adsense links to be opened in new window may be a good idea. Impression rate should be increase because it will force our pages to still be available at visitors browser even the ads have been clicked. That’s why I was looking for this snippet. Unfortunetely this method do not comply with Adsense TOS:

Any AdSense code must be pasted directly into webpages without modification. AdSense participants are not allowed to alter any portion of the code or change the behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads. For instance, clicks on Google ads may not result in a new browser window being launched.

So, never put this script on an Adsense site!

In sense of making my searching not useless, I post it in my blog and hope someone will need it… :wink:

Comments

6 Responses to “Convert All Links to be Opened in New Window”

  1. brokencode on November 15th, 2007 2:35 pm

    Dear Ngkongs,

    Thank you very much this nice information. Do you have ajax script login function as seen on text-link-ads.com ? Let me know if you do. Thanks.

  2. baladika on November 24th, 2007 3:23 am

    thanks kong :D ngikut atas

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  4. Dr. Gaplek on December 17th, 2007 10:36 pm

    Tipsnya muantap juragan… lanjuut :)

  5. Dewi on December 19th, 2007 1:41 pm

    thanks

  6. PPC Indonesia on April 1st, 2008 7:15 am

    Wah mantap benerrrrrr…..itu ga ada batasan ya…misal berapa banyak links yang bisa di ubah…?

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