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HERE'S HOW HUCKSTERS ARE MANIPULATING GOOGLE TO PROMOTE SHADY CHROME EXTENSIONS
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Google Chrome's Web Store policy prohibits developers from manipulating extension search results, yet hundreds violate this rule. Developers exploit language translation features to hide thousands of misleading keywords in alternative language descriptions, affecting search results and promoting unrelated or potentially abusive extensions.