Mevlana, Thank you. This seems to be what I'm looking for. Now I'll just need to experiment with trying to write a javascript (not my forte) that will publish a link to the site on the page if it was not opened as a pop-up and that should fix the problem.
Best, Bob > Bob, > > The following site may give you an idea: > > http://javascript.about.com/library/blpoptest.htm > > Basically, each popup window has an 'opener'. > If the 'opener' exists, then user has come to the page via a popup, else the > user has come via another method. > > Regards > > Mevlana > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:19 AM, <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> wrote: > ********************************************************************* > WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST > ********************************************************************* > > > From: Bob Schwartz <b...@fotografics.it> > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:14:59 +0200 > Subject: pop up windows and Google > > I have several sites where i use pop-up windows to present certain types > of information. > > When someone does a Google search sometimes Google lists results from > these pop-up pages. > > When the searcher clicks on the Google result he gets the pop-up window > as a stand-alone page in his browser with no links to anywhere on the > actual site. > > Savvy people would just delete the part after the domain in the url bar, > hit enter and be at the site, but I'm discovering not all are savvy. > > So, is anyone aware of any clever javascript that would detect if the > page had not been opened as a pop-up and write a link to the actual site > (and not write the link if opened as a pop-up)? > Or, any other suggestion (besides "don't use pop-ups")? > > Thank you, > > Bob Schwartz > > > ************************************************************** > Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ************************************************************** > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
