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How to make Free Republic "STICKIER"... (Vanity)
2/3/2012 | By Lazamataz

Posted on 02/03/2012 4:57:19 AM PST by Lazamataz

The way to make a website more popular is to increase it's 'stickiness', which is defined as staying on the website and giving it more hits. Here's ONE way to do that:

When you do an < A HREF > tag, make it a point to include the following text: TARGET="_blank">

This will launch a new window with your referenced link, and keep the FR window undisturbed. Allow me to demonstrate. Let's say someone posts a picture of a pretty girl, and I was tempted to post, "I'd hit it". I might, instead, post this:

< a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwYEGdKto8">Here's my answer.... this song goes out to YOU, good looking nympho at a Mensa meeting..... we all love you down at WLAZ....."You'll Never Find"..... the time is 6:44, and 48 degrees with clear skies at Hartfield airport.....All Hits, All The Time at WLAZ.....< /a>
Note that the above does not have the TARGET="_blank" verbiage. Note it's behavior. It took you away from the Free Republic website, decreasing the 'stickiness'.

Now let us add the TARGET="_blank" verbiage....

< a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwYEGdKto8" TARGET="_blank" >Here's my answer.... this song goes out to YOU, good looking nympho at a Mensa meeting..... we all love you down at WLAZ....."You'll Never Find"..... the time is 6:44, and 48 degrees with clear skies at Hartfield airport.....All Hits, All The Time at WLAZ.....< /a>
See the new behavior? You opened a new window. Neat, huh?

+1 Recommend.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: idhitit; stickyness
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(And, as an aside, now, instead of writing the rather unimaginative "I'd hit it" when presented a pic of a pretty girl, I now send out a song from WLAZ)
1 posted on 02/03/2012 4:57:21 AM PST by Lazamataz
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To: Jim Robinson

Let’s make Free Republic stickier!


2 posted on 02/03/2012 4:57:54 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: TheOldLady; onyx; trisham; Cyber Liberty

Free Republic is better when it’s sticky!


3 posted on 02/03/2012 4:58:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Travis McGee; Squantos; Southack

Sticky advice from the terminally sticky Laz.


4 posted on 02/03/2012 4:59:40 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz
A test: Would he hit it?
5 posted on 02/03/2012 5:01:00 AM PST by RetroSexual
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To: martin_fierro; humblegunner; writer33; Larry Lucido

Isn’t everything better when it’s sticky?


6 posted on 02/03/2012 5:01:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: RetroSexual
Good job! You made Helen Thomas all sticky!

Um, ewwww.

7 posted on 02/03/2012 5:02:08 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz

Oh...you meant get FR more hits. Now how am I gonna get this coffee out of my monitor?


8 posted on 02/03/2012 5:04:29 AM PST by Vigilantcitizen
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To: Lazamataz

9 posted on 02/03/2012 5:05:01 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: Politicalmom

And as a hat tip to you, I tagged the WEIRDSTUFF tag when posting. :)


10 posted on 02/03/2012 5:05:29 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Coffee can be pretty sticky, you know. :)


11 posted on 02/03/2012 5:06:13 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: humblegunner

That’s kinda sexy.


12 posted on 02/03/2012 5:06:47 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz

Hit it, Laz!


13 posted on 02/03/2012 5:08:16 AM PST by Mr. K (Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
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To: Lazamataz

But I’m already using a GUI...

It doesn’t get much stickier than that.


14 posted on 02/03/2012 5:09:10 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Lazamataz
Let me try that also...
15 posted on 02/03/2012 5:10:05 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Smokin' Joe

Ew! It’s all gooey and sticky!


16 posted on 02/03/2012 5:10:39 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz

Hitting it and getting sticky kind of go hand and hand, er, so to speak.


17 posted on 02/03/2012 5:11:03 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: harpu

Bravo! Job well stickied-up!


18 posted on 02/03/2012 5:11:14 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: King Moonracer

Well played. :)


19 posted on 02/03/2012 5:11:34 AM PST by Lazamataz (Yes, I am THAT Conservative.)
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To: Lazamataz
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20 posted on 02/03/2012 5:11:45 AM PST by RetSignman (I take responsibility for what I post not for what you understand.)
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