schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoWebsites that hijack your back button must stop by June 15 or face Google's wratharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkWebsites that hijack your back button must stop by June 15 or face Google's wratharstechnica.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 days agoPressing the back button must take you back to the previous page you were on or else google will lower your page rating.
minus-squaredoc@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoIt’s a rather short article… (N)TL;DR: back should mean back. Sites that continue to make back do something else will get lower rankings in search results, which means reduced traffic and revenue.
Tldr?
Pressing the back button must take you back to the previous page you were on or else google will lower your page rating.
It’s a rather short article…
(N)TL;DR: back should mean back. Sites that continue to make back do something else will get lower rankings in search results, which means reduced traffic and revenue.