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Curation and review process for the Edge Add-ons store

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The Microsoft Edge Add-ons store curates the Edge store experience so that users can find all the items to customize their browser in one place, such as themes, extensions, and apps.

Before installing an item from the Edge Add-ons store, users can learn more about the functionality, data permissions, and publisher by viewing the item's description and listing.

Organizing Edge Add-ons store items

The store organizes the items to help users discover the ones that are relevant to their interests.

Users can also discover the items they are interested in on the Edge Add-ons store in several ways, including:

  • The home page.
  • The Search bar.
  • Curated collections of store items.
  • Categories of store items.

The following factors are used to organize items:

  • Quality: Items featured on the Edge Add-ons store are selected based on their eligibility criteria.
  • Relevancy: Ranking takes into consideration factors such as the item name, description relevancy, popularity, and user experience.
  • Popularity: The number of ratings and the average rating are used for prioritizing items.

Security review

The quality and compliance of the item that is displayed on the Edge Add-ons store is verified per the guidelines that are set in the developer policy.

Items violating the policy guidelines are not allowed in the store. There is a standard review process for each new item submission and new versions of items, per the developer policies.

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Ranking

Every item submitted to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store has detailed information about the item's characteristics, such as:

  • Screenshots.
  • The description of the item's features and functionality.
  • Publisher information.
  • Links to the publisher site, privacy policies, and financial policies.

The Search ranking of the item is based on these characteristics.

User feedback

In the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store, users can provide a rating and a written review for the item they are using. Users and developers can report an abusive review from within the review section of the item listing page.

Items are ranked for popularity based on user ratings at the store.

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