Google Is About to Punish Websites for That Annoying Browser Back Button Trick ...

Google's new spam policy targets back button hijacking. Starting June 15th, sites that manipulate the back button will get ...

Google's new spam policy targets sites that trap users by hijacking the back button. Enforcement begins 15 June, with ranking ...

All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back. It’s called back button hijacking, ...

Google is now working to kill back button hijacking on its browsers by effecting a new policy change everyone has to abide by ...

The tech giant said it will punish sites that block back button navigation from June.

Google said it has noticed a sharp rise in websites hijacking the back button to show ads when users press it, so it will now ...

In a post on the Google Developers blog, the company said it is designating back button hijacking as a malicious practice. It ...

Websites that engage in “back button hijacking” might soon appear less prominently in Google Search results as part of a new ...

An update to Google’s spam policies includes a new “malicious practice” that could get websites demoted: “Back button hijacking,” which is when a website stops users from leaving with their browser’s ...

Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June 15, 2026. Sites have two ...

Starting later this spring, Google Search will penalize sites that interfere with normal web browser back button ...