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why won't Firefox open an site in a new tab when clicked on in Google?

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When I was in Google and would click on a site to open, it would open in the tab I was on rather than opening in a new tab. It used to do so.

So if I go to the site and it's not the one that answers my question, rather than clicking on the back button, I have to go back and click on my Google Bookmark.

It's annoying because everytime you open Google, you get a different set of sites to access.

Today, the word I was Googling was kfeeders.

When I was in Google and would click on a site to open, it would open in the tab I was on rather than opening in a new tab. It used to do so. So if I go to the site and it's not the one that answers my question, rather than clicking on the back button, I have to go back and click on my Google Bookmark. It's annoying because everytime you open Google, you get a different set of sites to access. Today, the word I was Googling was kfeeders.

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tk34
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Now it's doing so, but it's hit and miss. Why?

cor-el
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For the Google website you can set your preferences on the Google Search settings page:

Results Window: Open search results in a new browser window.

You need to allow the Google cookies if you want to keep that setting.
Make sure that you do not use Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

tk34
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Thanks but perhaps I didn't explain the problem well.

I was on the Google page, and put in the item I was searching for, clicked search and got a page or many pages of potential sites that would fit my query. But if I clicked on one of the sites, I couldn't click back to the Google page, the back arrow was gray. It doesn't happen all the time, only occasionally. Guess it's just a problem with some sites.

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