If you have ever pressed the back button on a website and still couldn’t leave, you have likely experienced what Google calls 'back button hijacking.' This is a trick used by some sites to block or ...

In short: Google is classifying “back button hijacking” as spam, targeting sites that abuse the browser History API to trap users when they try to navigate away. Enforcement begins 15 June 2026, with ...

Google announced a new spam policy targeting sites that interfere with browser back button navigation. Back button hijacking is now an explicit violation under Google's malicious practices spam policy ...

On June 15, Google will implement a new spam policy that will allow it to punish sites that interfere with your browser's back button. So-called “back button hijacking" is any behavior that interferes ...

This is due to the new Google search penalty for back button hijacking. Google is dropping the back button trigger for AdSense vignette ads on June 15, 2026 due to the new Google search penalty for ...

Google AdSense (and Ad Manager) will drop the browser back button trigger for vignette ads additional triggers due to the new Google search penalty for back button hijacking. Google AdSense will drop ...

You may not know the name for it, but you’ve probably experienced it: you click on a link to a webpage, hit the “back” button on your browser, but end up on a ...

Google has rolled out Chrome for Android version 150 with a dedicated Back button in the overflow menu, making navigation easier for one-handed users. The update also redesigns the menu layout, ...