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Yellow NickelSpam & Listing QualityHard rejection

Spam — duplicate or manipulative behavior

Duplicate listings, fake reviews, abusive notifications, or message spam.

Common reasons Google rejected this

  • 01Multiple submissions from the same developer doing essentially the same thing.
  • 02Inflating install counts, ratings, or reviews artificially.
  • 03Sending notifications that are ads or phishing.
  • 04Sending messages on behalf of the user without confirmation.

How to fix it

  • Consolidate similar extensions into one.
  • Stop incentivizing reviews — they will be detected and removed.
  • Use notifications sparingly and only for genuinely useful events.

Read Google's full policy

developer.chrome.com

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