After the Honey scandal, Google tightened its rules to stop shady affiliate link practices in Chrome extensions. Instead of just finding deals, Honey was secretly swapping affiliate links, cutting creators and influencers out of their earnings.

A new update to Google's Chrome Web Store policy should help protect shoppers from dubious affiliate marketing extensions.

Google has officially implemented a new platform for Chrome extensions, and it brings both good and bad news. On the positive side, Manifest V3 promises greater safety and security within Chrome. On the negative side, extensions that are unsupported are now being actively disabled or blocked.

As a result of the Honey expose, Google has now changed its Chrome extension policies concerning affiliate ads and marketing.

Google Chrome has banned certain practices used by shopping-related extensions in the wake of the Honey influencer controversy. In a policy update, Chrome has barred extensions from inserting affiliate links in every shopping site,

Honey was accused of shadily swapping out affiliate links, and now Google has new rules for extensions targeting exactly that.

Google has updated its policies for the Chrome Web Store with new rules for affiliate ads and programs, which require all affiliate programs to “be described prominently in the

Google has updated its Chrome extension rules to prevent extensions from adding affiliate links without the user knowing, the alleged tactic used by Honey to take sales from other sources.