I think it would somewhat depend on your audience. The tech crowd may find it annoying but I know people who get immensely annoyed at having been taken away fro

I think it would somewhat depend on your audience. The tech crowd may find it annoying but I know people who get immensely annoyed at having been taken away from the site they are reading after clicking a link. That's possibly all wrong but that's the way it is sometimes. Personally I've been conditioned over the years to expect _blank on blogs so I don't think leaving it in will cause any great tremors in the force. TBH, taking it out probably won't make any real difference anyway. So, er, my point is