Search Console began sending warnings to sites detected hijacking the browser back button
- Date
- Apr 27, 2026 (first reported)
- Effective
- Jun 15, 2026
- Primary source
- PPC Land
Ahead of the June 15, 2026 enforcement date for the new back button hijacking spam policy (added April 13, 2026), Google sent Search Console messages with sample URLs to affected site owners.
Sources
- open_in_newGoogle starts sending Search Console warnings for back button hijackingPPC Land · Apr 27, 2026
- open_in_newLatest Google Search documentation updates (April 13, 2026)Google Search Central · Apr 13, 2026
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