Google Chrome will soon be able to block JavaScript redirects when users click on a web page link that opens a URL in either a new window or new tab. For those unfamiliar, when inserting a link ...

JavaScript redirects are one of the methods available to webmasters in communicating to both users and search engines that the requested URL is unavailable, either permanently or temporarily. The ...

JavaScript Redirects JavaScript redirects, however, utilize the JavaScript language to send instructions to the browser to redirect users to another URL.

However, this attribute has a known security issue that allows the newly opened page to utilize javascript to redirect the original page to a different URL.