# Google Announces Chrome Web Store Crackdown For August 2020

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**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-announces-chrome-web-store-crackdown-for-august-2020/83595 "2020-05-01T01:12:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-announces-chrome-web-store-crackdown-for-august-2020/83595/1 "2020-05-01T01:12:50Z")

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Google announced this week new rules for the Chrome Web Store in an attempt to [cut down the number of shady Chrome extensions submitted and listed on the site](https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-announces-chrome-web-store-crackdown-for-august-2020/). From a report:

_Starting August 27, Google says it intends to enforce a new set of rules, which will result in a large number of extensions being delisted. These rules are meant to crack down on a series of practices extension developers have been recently employing to flood the Web Store with shady extensions or boost install counts for low-quality content. They include:_

 
 _- Developers cannot submit duplicate extensions anymore. (e.g. Wallpaper extensions that have different names but provide the user with the same wallpapers when installed.)
 - Extensions are not allowed to use “keyword spam” techniques to flood metadata fields with multiple terms and have the extension listed across multiple categories to improve the extension’s visibility in search results.
 - Developers are not allowed to use misleading, improperly formatted, non-descriptive, irrelevant, excessive, or inappropriate metadata. Extension metadata needs to be accurate, and Google intends to be strict about it._
 1. _Developers are now forbidden from inflating product ratings, reviews, or install counts by illegitimate means, such as fraudulent or paid downloads, reviews, and ratings._

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**Author:** ![Himanshu\_Chandola](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/himanshu_chandola/32/25802_2.png) [@Himanshu\_Chandola](https://onehack.st/u/Himanshu_Chandola)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-announces-chrome-web-store-crackdown-for-august-2020/83595/2 "2020-05-01T03:34:16Z")

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Good step ! Many extensions are even not trusted in chrome web store. google should work on them too