Google December 2025 core update rollout is now complete
This is the third core update of 2025 and it took over 18 days to complete.
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Google December 2025 core update rolling out now
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.
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Data providers: Google June 2025 core update was a big update
Google's June core update overall was a bigger update; where some sites hit by the previous helpful content and reviews updates some partial recoveries.
Google June 2025 core update rollout is now complete
This is the second core update of 2025 and it took over 16 days to complete.
Google June 2025 core update rolling out now
This is the second core update of 2025 and this update will take about 3 weeks to complete.
Data providers: Google March 2025 core update had similar volatility to the previous update
Now that the March 2025 core update is done rolling out, we can compare it to the previous core updates - and it seemed pretty similar to the December 2024 core update.
Google March 2025 core update rollout is now complete
This update took 14 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update.
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Google March 2025 core update rolling out now
This is the first core update of 2025 and the first core update since December. It will take up to two weeks to roll out.
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Data providers: Google December 2024 core update was more volatile than last
This last Google core update was more impactful than the November core update but not the August or March 2024 core updates.
Google December 2024 core update rollout is now complete
This update took 6 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update.
Google December 2024 core update rolling out now
Google has released its fourth core update for the 2024 year today.
Data providers: Google November 2024 core update was less volatile
This last Google core update was less impactful than the August core update and some other core updates.
Google November 2024 core update rollout is now complete
This update took 24 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update.
Google November 2024 core update rolling out now
Google today launched its next big search ranking update. The November 2024 core update will take about two weeks to roll out.
Google’s next algorithm update is coming soon, but don’t expect to recover lost traffic
Google held a web creator event yesterday, where engineers and executives spoke directly to creators who had ranking declines.
Google August 2024 core update rollout is now complete
The update took 19 days to rollout and was a pretty impactful update.
Google August 2024 core update: What we’re seeing so far
Some sites hit by the September 2023 helpful content update are seeing some small signs of life. Will it last?
Google August 2024 core update rolling out now
One of the aims of the Google August 2024 core update is to surface useful content from small and independent sites.
New Google core update coming in weeks
The last core update was the March 2024 core update, and many sites are still waiting since September 2023 to see helpful content recoveries.
Google March 2024 core update rollout is now complete
The first core update of 2024 finished rolling out on April 19 - this was a pretty big one but it overlapped with other big changes leading to a 45% reduction in unhelpful content.
What we’re seeing a week into the Google March 2024 core and spam updates
Ranking volatility hit on Friday and Saturday, with limited reversals on Monday after a storm of manual actions last Thursday.
Google releasing massive search quality enhancements in March 2024 core update and multiple spam updates
The Google helpful content update is now part of the core update; all of this leading to a 40% reduction in unhelpful content within search.
Google algorithm updates 2023 in review: Core, reviews, helpful content, spam and beyond
In 2023, we had nine official and confirmed Google algorithm updates - which was one less than the previous two years.
Data providers: Google November 2023 core update was more volatile than the October 2023 core update
Keep in mind, the November 2023 Reviews update overlapped with this core update and is still rolling out.
Google November 2023 core update rollout is now complete
The fourth broad core algorithm update of 2023 is now done rolling out.
Google November 2023 core update released
The reviews update will be switching to ongoing regular updates, which means Google will not be announcing future review updates.
Google fixed a bug with the October 2023 core update impacting Discover traffic
Some sites may see an increase in their Discover traffic starting soon.
Data providers on the Google October 2023 core and spam update
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Google October 2023 Core Update rollout is now complete
This felt like a big update, taking almost 14 days to fully roll out.
Google releases October 2023 broad core update
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Google releases August 2023 broad core update
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Google releases March 2023 broad core update
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