Comments for Why doesn't 'Back' always work when I surf the web?

Comment from LJ on 2009-10-31

2009-11-01T03:19:18Z

I can't get the Recent Pages button to work. There's no drop down list. I'm using IE8

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Comment from Phil on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T20:21:58Z

I have found that I din;t have this problem when using a home page other than MSN. I believe this problem is related to Doubleclick and othert ad services. I am about ready to change my homepage!

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Comment from Dick on 2007-12-07

2007-12-07T18:12:18Z

Same problem with IE7 although in FireFox 2.0 the back button works quickly and 98% of the time as far as I can tell. This suggests to me that IE7 might have flaw related to this problem. Do you think an IE7 reinstall might help or do you know of a Microsoft fix for this. I couldn't find one. Thanks.

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Comment from Robert on 2007-09-28

2007-09-28T19:04:20Z

While the explanation makes sense ... at the same time this problem only started happening within the last month .... or perhaps has gotten much worse in that time.

What I have also noticed, is that when hitting the back button I do see minor changes, and they, so far, have been with the ADS that are displayed on pages this happens.

This suggests to me that the problem may be more related to the code the ads are using to display on the respective pages. And its not hard to fathom that some of the ad companies have seen this, and are using it as a way to get additional impressions of ads.

Anyone else seeing it similarly?

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-11-18

2006-11-19T07:15:02Z

One very common use of redirects are for keeping people out of places they shouldn't be. On certain pages on certain sites I've designed, the first thing the page does is check to see if you're a registered user. If you're not, you get thrown to a page asking you to register, or get thrown to the home page, or get thrown to a page telling you not to be so dang inquisitive.

And these aren't porn sites or even pay sites most times. They're just sites that feel you shouldn't be able to, for example, post a blog comment (or read a members-only blog) without registering.

So if you try to force your way into somewhere you shouldn't go through manually typing in a link or going to a page someone linked to without permission, we toss you out. If you try to hit your back button, we toss you out again.

Sometimes you type in A or click on A and you're bounced to B, and there's just no way to use your back button to get to A, because the person who owns A doesn't want you there.

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Comment from Ron on 2006-11-18

2006-11-18T09:18:56Z

Leo Thanks for that: it really is annoying and a sure way of putting me off anything on the site. It may be absured but I get that annoyed and think that I am being hyjacked.

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