If you are a user of Google Chrome, then you might have notified that some ads were popping out while browsing internet. Those were the default extensions that Google Chrome began displaying they were purchased from developers. These extensions were reported as delivering malware to its users.
According to a report in Los Angeles Times, the extensions 'Add to Feedly and Tweet This Page' were banned from the Google Chrome, but had following of thousands of users. These extensions were purchased by new people who took the advantage of Chrome feature which allows developers to update their extensions without users’ notification.
Original ‘Add to Feedly’ wrote in his blog that, these are not the regular banner ads that can be visible on the web pages but the invisible ads that work at behind and replace links on every website that you visit. That means if this extension is activated in your browser then this will inject adware into every visited website.
Mr. Agarwal added that he sold the product when being offered a four figure amount but after a month of selling it began delivering the malware. This two extension removal comes after Google Company updated its Chrome Web Store policies in December move forward for all the other who take advantage of their users.
Google Pageviews Declining Issues
Many organizations are worried about the pageviews decline of their websites from the one year. Many major versions are seeing a big slide in the pageviews not only in English language but also in German, Japanese and Indian Languages. Many informational sites are confusing after they check their analytical data of pageviews compared to the year back data.
Even major informational online website Wikipedia is also worrying about the declined pageviews. Wiki has seen a slide of around two billion page views between December 2012 and December 2013. This online free encyclopedia offers tons of information for every kind of visitor from any part of the world. This information major site also lost nearly ten percent of downside in its page views, by a report in Times of India. Experts are blaming this decline on Google’s Knowledge Graphs project.
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