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September 2026 spam update

Day 2 of up to 14 · started 24 Sep 2026, 19:15 · 24 hours so far

Released the September 2026 spam update (announcement), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.

2026

  1. September 2026 spam update
    Spam update · Ranking
    Google's notes (1)
    • Released the September 2026 spam update (announcement), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.
    live
  2. August 2026 spam update
    Spam update · Ranking · ended 21 Aug
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the August 2026 spam update (announcement), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of August 21, 2026.
    3 days
  3. June 2026 spam update
    Spam update · Ranking · ended 26 Jun
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the June 2026 spam update (announcement), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of June 26, 2026.
    2 days
  4. May 2026 core update
    Core update · Ranking · ended 2 Jun
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the May 2026 core update (announcement). The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of June 2, 2026.
    12 days
  5. March 2026 core update
    Core update · Ranking · ended 8 Apr
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the March 2026 core update (announcement). The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of April 8, 2026.
    12 days
  6. March 2026 spam update
    Spam update · Ranking · ended 25 Mar
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the March 2026 spam update (announcement), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of March 25, 2026.
    20 hours
  7. Serving was experiencing an issue
    Incident · Serving · same day
    Google's notes (2)
    • Serving was experiencing an issue.
    • We fixed the issue with serving search results. There will be no more updates.
    15 min
  8. February 2026 Discover update
    Discover update · Ranking · ended 27 Feb
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the February 2026 Discover core update (announcement) for English language users in the US (will look to expand it to all countries and languages in the future). This update is designed to improve the quality of Discover overall. Our guidance about general core updates (announcement) and Discover (announcement) applies. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of February 27, 2026.
    22 days

2025

  1. December 2025 core update
    Core update · Ranking · ended 29 Dec
    Google's notes (2)
    • Released the December 2025 core update (announcement). The rollout may take up to 3 weeks to complete.
    • The rollout was complete as of December 29, 2025.
    18 days
  2. Serving is experiencing an ongoing issue
    Incident · Serving · ended 6 Oct
    Google's notes (3)
    • There's an ongoing data center issue that may impact serving of some pages in some locales. We're working on identifying the root cause. The next update will be within 24 hours.
    • We've identified an issue with serving and have been working on a fix. The next update will be within 48 hours.
    • The issue with serving has resolved itself. There will be no more updates.
    3 days

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