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Google updates: every update to the search algorithm

Timeline, rollout notes and the operational memory of Google updates: Core Updates, Spam Updates and every relevant change in Search.

From 2011 to today Latest entry 25 June 2026
78 Updates recorded
31 Core Update 13 Spam Update 24 Ranking systems 7 Policies and guidelines 3 Other updates

Each entry starts from Google's official announcement and records its dates, scope and rollout status.

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  1. 2026

  2. Core Update

    May 2026 Core Update

    Google has released the May 2026 Core Update, described as “a routine update designed to better showcase relevant and satisfying content for users searching across all types of sites.
  3. Core Update

    February 2026 Google Discover Core Update

    The first core update exclusively for Discover is now live. Google is separating the feed’s ranking from that of Search, prioritizing precise localization and vertical expertise. Read more

  4. 2025

  5. Core Update

    December 2025 Core Update

    Google's “regular” December 2025 Core Update has been launched, aimed at improving the ability of ranking systems to show more useful and relevant content. Read more
  6. Core Update

    What a shock for SERPs: all the data from Google’s June Core Update

    Sixteen days of volatility and changes in the landscape, with an immediate and visible impact. This time, the rollout of Google's June 2025 Core Update did not just cause a slight, almost painless shock, because many saw certainties disappear, with fluctuations affecting major brands, editorial sites, food, sports, and historic portals. And even though, as usual, there were no additional technical communications or operational explanations, the update exposed – once again – how illusory it is to believe that content, links, or technicalities are enough to guarantee a “place in the sun” in SERPs.     Read more
  7. Core Update

    June 2025 Core Update

    Google has released its second major update of the year. As usual, it aims to improve the quality of search results with substantial changes to its ranking systems, without targeting specific types of content or violations.
  8. Core Update

    March 2025 Core Update

    Google has released itse March 2025 Core Update, the first update of the year, to “improve relevance and user satisfaction through high-quality content”. Read more
  9. Core Update

    December 2024 Google Core Update: analytics and winner and loser sites

    Celebration or sorrow? If December has always been the month of budgets, this year Google decided to put the load on, unleashing the December 2024 Core Update right on the heels of the holidays and just seven days after the completion of the November 2024 Core Update. This update, moreover, had a very fast rollout (completed in less than a week) and extraordinary impact, moving the SERPs with a power not seen in a long time, which did not allow much room to recover from the “earthquake” of the previous update.     Read more

  10. 2024

  11. Core Update

    December 2024 Core Update

    Somewhat surprisingly, Google has released a new core algorithmic update, the December 2024 Core Update. “We have several core systems that we are always improving,” explained official Google sources. Read more
  12. Core Update

    November 2024 Google Core Update: winners and losers

    For a while it even seemed like Google had forgotten about it! In fact, we had to wait a full 24 days for confirmation of the completion of the release of the November 2024 Core Update, the third major algorithmic update of the year, which officially ended on December 5 and had the classic variable, moderate to significant, impacts in several areas. As we mentioned in our presentation, this latest update follows in the wake of previous 2024 interventions, expanding the work on quality and reliability, already the focus of the changes introduced by the March and August updates.     Read more
  13. Core Update

    November 2024 Core Update

    Google has released a new algorithmic core update, the November 2024 core update: as usual, it aims to improve the quality of results and the identification of useful content, proposing to reduce the appearance of content that seems to be created just to get good results in Search.
  14. Core Update

    Google August 2024 Core Update: winners and losers

    “Oops, Google did it again,” we might say paraphrasing Britney Spears. Once again this year, as is now “tradition,” the Search giant launched an algorithmic update in the middle of August, which disturbed or at least threatened the vacation season of SEOs and webmasters. In fact, the impact of this August 2024 Core Update does not seem to have been that violent, nor do the claims of Google, which had spoken of an intervention launched (also) to help sites that had lost rankings and traffic with previous updates, appear confirmed.     Read more
  15. Core Update

    August 2024 Core Update

    Google has released a new core algorithmic update. August 2024 Core Update is designed to continue the work of improving the quality of search results, showing more content that people actually find useful and less content that seems to be created just to get good results in Search.
  16. Core Update

    March 2024 core update

    Google has released a new core algorithmic update, the first in 2024. The March 2024 core update aims to improve the quality of results and identification of useful content by reducing the presence of unoriginal content in SERPs. Read more

  17. 2023

  18. Core Update

    November 2023 Core Update

    Google has released (another) major update, the November 2023 Core Update, which as usual serves to improve the overall quality and relevance of the results shown.
  19. Core Update

    October 2023 Core Update

    Google has released a new major update to its algorithms, the October 2023 Core Update, which impacts the search engine globally. Read more
  20. Core Update

    August 2023 Google Core Update

    Google has released a new core algorithmic update, called the August 2023 Core Update, which takes global action on the search engine. Read more
  21. Core Update

    March 2023 Google Core Update

    Google has released the new algorithmic update globally, called the March 2023 Core Update. Read more

  22. 2022

  23. Core Update

    September 2022 Google Core Update

    On September 12, Google released the September 2022 Core Update, an update to the search engine's core algorithm. Read more
  24. Core Update

    May 2022 Google Core Update

    New Google algorithm core update: On May 25 debuted the May 2022 Core Update, which will complete its rollout within two weeks.. Read more

  25. 2021

  26. Core Update

    November 2021 Google Core Update

    Google's November 2021 Core Update, a new basic update to the search engine's algorithms, has started. Read more
  27. Core Update

    Google July 2021 Broad Core Update

    Google has kicked off the roll out of the July 2021 core update, the second part of the major algorithmic update that began last month. Read more
  28. Core Update

    Google June 2021 Core Update

    The June 2021 Core Update, the periodic update of the search engine's core algorithms, started today. Read more

  29. 2020

  30. Core Update

    Google December 2020 Core Update

    Google's December 2020 Core Update, a new update to the core algorithm committed to the search system, has kicked off. Read more
  31. Core Update

    Google May 2020 Core Update

    The May 2020 Core Update, Google's new algorithmic update for the Search system, has started. Read more
  32. Core Update

    Google January 2020 Core Update

    A new global algorithm update, Google's January 2020 Core Update, is starting. Read more

  33. 2019

  34. Core Update

    Google September 2019 Core Update

    It has started the new global search engine algorithm update, Google September 2019 Core Update.
  35. Core Update

    Google June 2019 Core Update

    Google launches a new Search core algorithm update, the June 2019 Core Update.
  36. Core Update

    Google March 2019 Core Update

    Big new Google algorithm update: March 2019 Core Update kicks off.

  37. 2018

  38. Core Update

    Google August 2018 Core Update

    Google releases a broad core update that the community dubs Medic or E-A-T update: the most visible effects concern health and YMYL sites, but the scope is broader and more general. Read more
  39. Core Update

    Google April 2018 Core Update

    Google's new broad core update, confirmed a few days after its release: it follows the same logic as the March update, with a general review of the relevance of search results.
  40. Core Update

    Google March 2018 Core Update

    Google releases a broad core update, confirmed on March 9: no targeted action against individual sites, but a reassessment of content that rewards previously underrated pages.
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