Some sites show a parked page-style lander when you hit the back button.
Google published a blog post on Friday about its efforts to crack down on manipulative or deceptive behavior of websites.
It details something that some websites have apparently started doing recently, which it will crack down on by possibly removing sites from its index.
Say you search for “cartoon” on Google, and go to a site about cartoons. If you hit the back button, instead of going back to your Google search you land on this:
It’s basically a one-click parked page design that mimics a search result page. Based on the ads that are showing, this example is monetized by a second tier PPC provider.
This does seem like shady behavior.
Now if I just had a dime for every time I hit the back button and the page just forwards back to itself…
Andy says
I have clicked on a few sites that have done that witch it’s annoying and it will be the last time I visit them.
OuMun says
First time I see this honestly…I guess my browsing style is pretty boring (always surfing known websites). I will try to find a live sample of this.
Andrew Allemann says
I’ve never see it either.
bob says
I’ve had a parked page pop up when i click anywhere on the website as well, not just the back button.