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

Have you ever tried to click “back” on a website, but instead of returning to the previous page you ended up on a wall of ads ...

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

Google is putting its foot down on "back button hijacking," an infamous deceptive practice where users are kept on a long loop of pressing the back button but are either not brought anywhere or ...

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

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

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