 <p>Could you use a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.hyperlink.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HyperLink</a> control rather than a LinkButton?</p> <p>eg</p> <pre><code>&lt;asp:HyperLink id="hyperlink1" NavigateUrl="&lt;%#Eval('name')%&gt;" Text="&lt;%#Eval('name')%&gt;" Target="_blank" runat="server"/&gt; </code></pre>