Have you ever been trapped by a web page, unable to use the back button to get back to the site you were previously browsing, powerless to do anything but sigh and sacrifice the whole browser tab?

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

You click a search result, skim the page, and tap the back button to return to Google. Nothing happens. You tap again. The ...

Google has introduced a new rule to combat 'back button hijacking,' a practice where websites interfere with users' ...