Google says it's seen a rise in shady and spam websites using 'Back button hijacking' to try and trap or manipulate users into remaining on their domains.

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

Google is warning website owners that as of June 15, it will be enforcing rules against back button hijacking.

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

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

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

Back button hijacking is a way of wringing more pageviews out of visitors. It’s common on sites that live and die on search traffic. You may end up on a page because it looks like something you want, ...

New Delhi: In a move aimed at improving user experience on the internet, Google has announced a major update to its spam ...

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 ...

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 ...

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