You click a search result, skim the page, and tap the back button to return to Google. Nothing happens. You tap again. The ...

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

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

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

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

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

You have until June 15, 2026 to remove the back button code before Google begins to take action.

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

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

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

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

Google has made some controversial decisions related to its flagship search engine in recent years, but this one will ...