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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 September 2026
80 Updates recorded
31 Core Update 15 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.

80 updates found

  1. 2025

  2. 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

  3. 2024

  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Other updates

    Removal of sitelink search box

    Google has removed the sitelink search box, deeming it now of little use to users. Introduced in 2014, it allowed internal searches directly from the SERP, but declining usage led to its deprecation. The report in Search Console and related markup were also removed accordingly.
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