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Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...

The the second Google core update of 2026 was a big one, causing a lot of search ranking volatility over the rollout.

This was the third core update and fourth confirmed Google update in 2025. The December core update will take up to three weeks to rollout. Google released the December 2025 core update today, the ...

Google officially announced the rollout of the May 2026 core update just now, on Thursday at around 11:43 am ET. This core update is expected to take about 2 weeks to roll out. Google said this "is a ...

Google released the December 2025 core update on December 11, 2025. This is Google's third core update of 2025, following March and June updates. The rollout may take up to three weeks to complete.

Google's first broad core update of 2026 has finished rolling out. The March 2026 core update started March 27 and completed April 8. Google described it as "a regular update" and didn't publish a ...

Google's March 2026 broad core update has officially completed rolling out. Google announced this via X this morning and the Search Status Dashboard has been updated to document the rollout. The ...