What are the SEO effects of internal links that open in a new browser window? In other words, I have a site (www.site.com) and within this domain I have some "minisites" (www.site.com/productA, www.site.com/productB, etc). These minisites have a different look and different navigation from the rest of my site, but they are still under the same domain.

So the plan is to internally link to these minisites from my homepage, sitemap etc. My question is are these links going to be treated the same as if there was no new browser window opened?

Thanks!

I assume you are using <a href="http://www.site.com/productA" target="_blank">?

I dont see how that would make a difference for SEO. It would seem a little strange as a user though.

if the target attribute is the reason for openning a new browser I wouldn't see any issues with it, other then user experience (which you do need to consider.) If you're using a script to open the URL, you could have an issue there.

thank you!