Hi folks on my competitors website back button is disabled when you trying to leave the site but it does work OK when you navigate back and forth over the site.
How can I figure which java-script or jquery function controls that?
Thanks
I would strongly discourage replicating this idea. It’s a horrible practice.
As far as looking for what’s doing it, most likely you’re looking for a piece of code interacting with the history object.
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Thanks buddy but that website in no time hit the roof and this has got to do with the fact that they have very low bounce rate and that is due to the fact that the site has got back button disabled as I described above.
And I will tell you that if I ever visit a website that destroys my browser’s history by preventing the back button from beign clicked, i never visit that site again. So yup. enjoy your bounce rate. And dwindling viewer numbers.
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I thought we’d already dismissed this as a bad idea?
Where is your proof that low bounce rate is the the reason for this? As I explained elsewhere, bounce rate cannot in itself be regarded as an indication of quality or otherwise; it needs to be taken in context with other factors. A visitor who finds exactly what they want on the first page they land on and leaves happy may register as a bounce, but is that in any way negative? Of course it isn’t.
A visitor who lands on a site, finds it has disabled their back button and closes the tab/browser in disgust is still a bounce, and as @m_hutley says, one who is unlikely ever to return.
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