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HTML

<a target="_black" href="http://google.it" class="notprevent">click me</a><br />

<a target="_black" href="http://google.it" class="prevent">click me (preventDefault)</a>

<span></span>

JavaScript

$(".notprevent").click(function(){
    $("span").text("Not Prevented loading new page...");
});

$(".prevent").click(function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    $("span").text("Prevented and block the loading of new page...");
});