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+title: Curation and review process for the Edge Add-ons store
+description: How submissions to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store are curated and reviewed by the store team.
+author: MSEdgeTeam
+ms.author: msedgedevrel
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.prod: microsoft-edge
+ms.date: 10/13/2023
+---
+# Curation and review process for the Edge Add-ons store
+
+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.
+
+
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+## 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.
+
+See also:
+* [Content Security Policy (CSP)](../store-policies/csp.md)
+
+
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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.
+
+
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+## 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.
+
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+## See also
+
+* [Microsoft Edge Add-ons store developer policies](../store-policies/developer-policies.md)
+* [Content Security Policy (CSP)](../store-policies/csp.md)

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             - name: Submission states for extensions in the Microsoft Edge Add-ons website
               href: extensions-chromium/publish/submission-states.md
 
+            - name: Curation and review process for the Edge Add-ons store
+              href: extensions-chromium/publish/add-ons-store-curation.md
+
             - name: View Microsoft Edge extensions analytics dashboard
               href: extensions-chromium/publish/extensions-analytics.md