Home / Google News / Google AdSense / Google AdSense Vignette Ads Setting May Trigger Back Button Hijack Penalty Apr 29, 2026 - 7:41 am 0 — by Just a heads up, that a small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your site to get a Google search penalty - specifically for the new back button hijacking search spam rule . The setting is hidden deep within the vignette ads configuration, under advanced setting and then at the bottom. It is named, "Allow additional triggers for vignette ads." If that is enabled, that can cause several additional triggers to load the vingentte ads and take other actions. One such action, as Glenn Gabe noted on X is "Navigates backward using their browser's back button on supported browsers (currently Chrome, Edge, and Opera)." Here is a screenshot of that help document page: As Glenn wrote, "Vignette Ads, which most people hate with a passion, include additional triggers that a site owner can activate.…