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Mitch Dempsey
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<a href="google.com" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:alert('Navigation Prevented');return false;">CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE</a>

The important part of this is the return false; on the onclick attribute. This instructs the browser to immediately cancel this link after clicking. So what will happen is the javascript will be executed, but the link will not be followed.

<a href="google.com" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:alert('Navigation Prevented');return false;">CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE</a> 
<a href="google.com" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:alert('Navigation Prevented');return false;">CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE</a>

The important part of this is the return false; on the onclick attribute. This instructs the browser to immediately cancel this link after clicking. So what will happen is the javascript will be executed, but the link will not be followed.

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Mitch Dempsey
Mitch Dempsey
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<a href="google.com" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:alert('Navigation Prevented');return false;">CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE</a>