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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.

78 updates found

  1. 2017

  2. Ranking systems

    Google RankBrain

    Google has made RankBrain official, a machine learning technology that supports the activities of the ranking algorithm and helps the ranking of web pages.
  3. Ranking systems

    Fred Update

    Google released a quality update to improve the relevance of search results, jokingly dubbed "Fred," which resulted in the downgrading of many sites with unhelpful, thin or copied content.

  4. 2011

  5. Ranking systems

    Google Panda

    Finally starts Google Panda, an algorithmic update geared toward bringing out "more high-quality sites in Search".
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