Hello @shawnogordo,
Just to expand on what Shawn said, when users actually click the link on the said mobile device, having it first open a new tab then load the app is somewhat annoying. Also when a user clicks and they have the app the user will not actually leave your website, it will open the app, when they return to the website your page will still be there. The only time your concern comes true is when someone from a PC (MAC or Windows) clicks the “Android” link for example. In other words, devices where this is a problem users will rarely click on the link in the first place.
You could easily do something with javascript to set the target=”_blank” to links that are found within the .powerpress_subscribe_links class, I think this can be done with one line of JS when using jQuery. This may work:
jQuery('.powerpress_subscribe_links a').attr('target','_blank');
Also, _blank activity has security risks, you should be aware of this before doing something like this. Adding a tag rel=”noopener” will help with this according to Google.
jQuery('.powerpress_subscribe_links a').attr('rel','noopener');
I would also advise on doing some research to see if this will impact your sites SEO. I don’t think it will but web SEO changes often; what was ok last year is not today, so keep that in mind.
Thanks,
Angelo
Thanks,
Angelo
