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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. Spam Update latest release

    June 2026 Spam Update

    Google has released the June 2026 antispam update, which has been rolled out for all languages and geographic regions. This is a routine update designed to improve the performance of the automated systems that detect spam in search results.
  3. Spam Update

    New Anti-Spam Regulation: Back Button Hijacking

    Google has introduced a new anti-spam policy to combat the deceptive practice known as “Back Button Hijacking,” which now constitutes an explicit violation of anti-spam policies, potentially resulting in manual actions and other penalties. Read more

  4. 2024

  5. Spam Update

    December 2024 Spam Update

    Google has released a new anti-spam update for Search, the December 2024 Spam Update, which applies globally and to all languages. It does not specify exactly what type of spam it targets.
  6. Spam Update

    Site reputation abuse: Google’s anti-spam rule

    It is the latest chapter in Google's fight against spam and attempts to manipulate SERPs with abusive and manipulative practices. Site reputation abuse, in Italian “site reputation abuse,” is the policy by which the search engine is trying to curb practices known as parasite SEO, by which external content hosted on authoritative sites exploits their established reputation to gain positions in SERPs without offering real value to users. So let's try to understand what is going on, why Google decided to intervene so quickly, and which sites were affected.     Read more
  7. Spam Update

    Site Reputation Abuse Update

    Google intensifies the rules of site reputation abuse, a practice in which third-party content exploits a host site's ranking signals to manipulate SERPs. It is now explicitly prohibited to publish such content, even with the direct involvement of the site owner. In addition, Google has updated its systems to evaluate sections of sites independently, preventing sub-sections from gaining unwarranted advantage from the domain's overall reputation. Read more
  8. Spam Update

    June 2024 spam update

    Google released the June 2024 Spam update, periodic intervention by system to make spam detection and elimination of new types of spam in Search more effective.
  9. Spam Update

    March 2024 spam update

    Google has released the March 2024 spam update, focusing on combating spam in search results. Specifically, it introduces three new cases of violations recognized by Google's systems: illicit use of expired domains, large-scale content, and site reputation. Read more

  10. 2023

  11. Spam Update

    October 2023 Spam Update

    Google has released the October 2023 anti-spam update, which improves Google's coverage of many languages and types of spam, in the wake of feedback received from users in various countries (particularly in Asia). Read more

  12. 2022

  13. Spam Update

    December 2022 link spam update

    Google released the December 2022 link spam update to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search results thanks to SpamBrain: now this AI-based spam prevention system directly detects spam and also identifies sites that purchase links and sites used for the purpose of transmitting outbound links.
  14. Spam Update

    October 2022 Google Spam Update

    Google has released an update, global and for all languages, affecting the automated systems that detect spam in search results, to make them more effective in detecting spam, including new types. Read more

  15. 2021

  16. Spam Update

    November 2021 Spam Update

    New Google crackdown on spam results in SERPs, to clean up pages from results that Google's algorithms detect as spammy and unhelpful. Read more
  17. Spam Update

    Google Link Spam Update

    Google launches the Link Spam Update, an algorithmic update that will enable the search engine to identify and undo link spam more effectively and broadly. Read more
  18. Spam Update

    Google Spam update

    Google has released two anti-spam updates (June 23 and 28) that are part of its regular work to improve search results and seek, among other things, to reduce the toxic phenomenon of online slender and limit the emergence of content harmful to people's reputations. Read more
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