Google has changed its affiliate ads policies for Chrome extensions after the PayPal Honey debacle. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady ...

Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension ...

Last year, the browser extension Honey got caught up in controversy over how it took affiliate revenue away from creators. Instead of only taking credit when it saved users money, Honey attempted to ...

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

Controversy aside, though, Honey mostly concealed that it was operating off of affiliate commissions, but has now finally disclosed that information. In a recent update to its Chrome Web Store ...

Moving forward, Google Chrome extensions can only use affiliate links, discount codes, and cookies if they offer a clear, direct benefit at checkout, like real discounts or cash rebates. Extensions ...

Google Chrome has made a policy update today that restricts how browser extensions can interact with affiliate codes, effectively banning the behavior of the controversial PayPal Honey extension.

In an apparent reaction to the infamous Honey scandal that rocked the internet at the start of the year, Google has altered the rules around Chrome extensions to block the tactics the Honey ...

In the wake of the controversy surrounding PayPal's Honey browser extension, Google Chrome has updated its policies to ban the practices that the extension was observed to be engaging in.

Honey is accused of failing to provide real savings and sniping revenue from creators. Google has updated its rules on Chrome extensions to address affiliate program abuse. Despite thcontroversy ...

Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady affiliate tactics of PayPal's coupon Chrome extension, Honey, went viral. The 23-minute video by YouTube creator MegaLag received more than 17 ...