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Google is about to punish websites for that annoying browser back button trick

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

Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks

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

Google will soon penalize sites that hijack your browser’s back button

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

Google will demote websites that hijack your browser's back button

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

Google classifies back button hijacking as spam, enforcement starts June 2026

Google's new spam policy targets sites that trap users by hijacking the back button. Enforcement begins 15 June, with ranking ...
9to5Google

Google Search to classify ‘back button hijacking’ as spam

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

New Google Spam Policy Targets Back Button Hijacking

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

Google is cracking down on websites that block your browser’s back button.

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 ...