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Google Search tackles sites that try to stop you from leaving when you hit the back button

Engadget 14 April 2026 52m ago
Google Search tackles sites that try to stop you from leaving when you hit the back button
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Websites that act like a super-chatty colleague who just won't shut up and let you go when a conversation should be over are among the most annoying things on the internet. Google is now doing something about that scourge. Picture the scene: you look up something on Google Search and — instead of relying on potentially hallucinating AI Overviews — you click through to an actual website for your in
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