[TYPO3-dev] link to external url behaviour (why not going directly external?)

[Patrick Gaumond]

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:

>> i was wondering: WHY shouldn't a "link to external URL" page have the
>> extenal URL as direct link (instead of passing to it's typo3 ID page and
>> then do the jump?
> 
> Because of the statistics. TYPO3 can gather number of visits to each page (see config.stat) and show them in BE. This way you will know how many people click on the external links. It is helpful for "exit" pages.

Also permit to have the External Page visible in your Sitemap as if it 
was a local one.

Patrick