Latest Google Algorithm Updates: What You Need to Know

Google performs many algorithm updates every year. However, they only announce the most significant updates.

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In this blog, I will provide you with Google algorithm updates for SEO, keeping the information current and continuously updated for your reference.

Google Core Update, March 2024

Google announced a core update on 5th March 2024.

• The rollout begins on 5th March 20234
• The rollout was completed on 20th March 2024.

The March update is focused on reducing low-quality content and unoriginal content to help users find the right answers for them.

This update is for keeping away the low-quality and unoriginal content from the search results.

So, try to write content with quality and be original.

This update is mainly for,

1. Reducing Unoriginal and low-quality searches
2. Spam out of your results – Scaled content abuse, site reputation abuse, and expired domain abuse.

To know more about Google Core Update, March 2024

Google Reviews Update, November 2023

Google announced another review update on 8th November 2023.

• The rollout begins on 8th November 2023
• The update was completed on 7th December 2023

This update took 1 month to complete the rollout.

The November update is mainly for those who are writing review blogs.

Review blogs should be written based on your user experience with the product.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google Core Update, November 2023

Google announced another core update on 2nd November 2023.

• The rollout begins on 2nd November 2023
• The update was completed on 28th November 2023

Just last month, one core update was completed; now, here is another.

Google said this update aims to showcase quality and authentic content for search queries.

If this update is affecting your website traffic, you need to focus more on your content, ensuring it is genuine and of high quality.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google Core Update, October 2023

Google announced another core update on 5th October 2023.

• The rollout begins on 5th October 2023
• The update was completed on 19th October 2023

Google completed the spam and core update on October 19th, 2023.

This update was implemented to fix a bug affecting many websites’ traffic, with some websites receiving excessive traffic.

To address this, Google announced and resolved the issue.

Note: Google also emphasized the importance of providing quality content and demonstrating expertise.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google Spam Update, October 2023

Google announced a spam update on 4th October 2023.

• The rollout begins on 4th October 2023
• The update was completed on 19th October 2023

This update addresses over-promotional and misleading content in your blog.

Google has implemented this update in response to user feedback, as many users reported spam results when searching, including in their mother tongue.

This spam update applies globally and improves coverage in many languages, including Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, and other languages.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google Helpful Content Update, September 2023

Google announced a helpful content update on 14th September 2023.

• The rollout begins on 14th September 2023
• The update was completed on 28th September 2023

What’s this update about?

This update helps the website to rank for better content and useful content.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google Core Update, August 2023

Google announced another core update on 22nd August 2023.

• The rollout begins on 22nd August 2023
• The update was completed on 7th September 2023

It took 16 days to complete it.

This update enhances search results and displays better content.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search Central

Google’s Reviews Update, April 2023

Google announced a review update on 12th April 2023

• The rollout begins on 12th April 2023
• The update was completed on 25th April 2023

This review update primarily aims to identify a person’s actual experience with the product or service being reviewed.

If you want to know more about the review update, visit Google Search Central

GoogleCore Update, March 2023

Google announced a core update on 15th March 2023

• The rollout begins on 15th March 2023
• The update was completed on 28th March 2023

This core update takes 2 weeks to complete.

Google aims to give high-quality and relevant search results through this core update.

If you want to know more about the core update, visit Google Search central

Google Product Review update, February 2023

Google announced this product review update on 21st February 2023.

• The rollout begins on 21st February 2023
• The update was completed on 7th March 2023

This product review update applies to the following languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Polish.

A few people summarize the product and write a review blog.

Therefore, Google announced this update to showcase better and more original review blogs for user searches.

If you want to know more about the product review system, visit Google Search Central