As we mentioned in a previous post, Google plans to enable a new security feature from Chrome 64 that will protect users from various forms of unwanted redirects on the Internet.
Google reported that these redirects often come from third-party scripts embedded in ads.
So the upcoming version of Google Chrome will display a notification if the content of a web page tries to redirect you to another page.
In addition to the above addition to Chrome's security, Google plans to address another issue related to unwanted redirects, starting with Chrome 65. This specific form of unwanted redirection occurs after some user action, for example clicking a button or link.
If you are a website owner or advertiser and want to verify whether the upcoming changes affect your site or your ads, you can check at the following address:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/abusive-experience-unverified
This must be done before December 31st as the company stated that websites containing such code will not be displayed at all.
Those Chrome users who don't want to wait until version 65 to get redirect protection can do so from the flags:
Let's see how:
Open the address in your browser
chrome://flags/#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture
Change the experimental flag from Default to Enabled.
You will then need to restart the browser for the change to take effect.
Google is once again starting something that other browser makers should have done a long time ago.
