This is due to the new Google search penalty for back button hijacking.

All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back. It’s called back button hijacking, and Google has thus far tolerated it. That ends in June, when the company ...

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 ...

Google says it is expanding its policies to crack down on websites which trap users with "back button hijacking". Back button hijacking is when a website interferes with a browser so the back button ...

Key policy change: From June 15, 2026, AdSense vignette ads will no longer trigger via the browser back button to comply with new Google Search anti-hijacking rules. Automation push: Google introduces ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

Facebook, the social media giant, has stirred the pot with its recent alteration to the "back button" settings, leaving users perplexed and perturbed. This change disallows users from simply clicking ...