Right mouse click

[roey]

Hi,

Should I keep right mouse click on my site or remove it? that is the question. (and why)

 

[Engineer]

I would keep it -- there isn't really a good reason to disable it, IMO. I use right click all the time to open links in a new window. I can't remember the last time I came across a site where right click wouldn't work -- it's been years.

If you are worried about content theft, disabling right click won't stop a determined thief.

I would just keep it simple and leave it alone, and focus more on things that will increase your revenue. ;D

 

[bonustreak]

We debated this a few years ago and realized it was more of a hassle to discontinue it... You can look into getting copyscape on site if your worried about content being copied.

 

[casdir]

If you have a lot of unique content that you are worried might get copied, disabling the right mouse click is fine to do. This choice is basically a matter of personal preference. Your website will rank well with or without the right mouse click enabled.

 

[LandofOz]

I'd keep it. It doesn't harm the site and would deter at least some content thieves.

 

[Vladi]

I cannot understand why you would want to do something that will annoy a small percentage of your visitors, yet do almost nothing to stop someone from stealing an image which has already been downloaded into their browser cache by the time they have seen it. You certainly don't need a right click to steal the text on the page as any idiot can highlight with a mouse and copy with their keyboard or browser menu, and "pro" thieves aren't scraping your site one page at a time with their mouse.

 

[roey]

lol, my retired mother my showed me the cache trick when she didn't want to pay $18 per Disney photo, it's a great tool i forgot about.

 

[Roulette Zeitung]

For me...
After excessive use of the mouse the right button is the only one that still works anyway.

 

[roey]

I'm a player too, at least i think that's what you mean?