Google Says No to Back Button Hijacking on Browsers, Details Punishments for the Practice
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 redirected to other pages instead of the previous one.
While some may deduce that ads are preventing them from going back, the website itself that hosts the ads is the one locking them on that specific page and not allowing them to return.
Google Says No to Back Button Hijacking on Browsers
Google has explained in their latest blog post on the Google Search Central........
