Google Updates: all the updates to the search engine algorithm
Every day, the Google Search system undergoes an average of about 13 change operations, bringing the total to nearly 5,000 changes per year, which cause a more or less noticeable impact on the SERPs, the search results pages.
These Google updates encompass a wide range of operations, such as user interface changes, new feature launches, troubleshooting, and, most importantly, ranking interventions, between those that remain unconfirmed and the official Broad Core Updates, updates to Google’s overall Search algorithm in light of new quality metrics or search intent changes.
Each algorithm change and update by Google aims to always ensure the quality of search results for users, always providing the most relevant answers to the queries and needs of those using the search engine.
Thanks to this timeline and our blog articles, it is possible to keep track of all official and confirmed Google algorithm updates, to read the main information about each one and find out what aspects it is going to change, so that you can work on making the appropriate optimizations to your site and content.
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14 December 2022
December 2022 link spam update
Google released the December 2022 link spam update to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search results thanks to SpamBrain: now this AI-based spam prevention system directly detects spam and also identifies sites that purchase links and sites used for the purpose of transmitting outbound links.
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5 December 2022
Helpful Content System all around the world
Google has officially released its Helpful Content System worldwide, including Europe: the usefulness of content is a ranking factor. Read more
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24 November 2022
New Google terminology: System and Update
This is not technical news, but it is useful to point out that Google now uses two different terms to refer to algorithm interventions: System is a ranking algorithm, constantly running in the background. Update is a one-time change to ranking systems. For now, we will not change the designations already present on the blog, to avoid confusion. Read more
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20 October 2022
October 2022 Google Spam Update
Google has released an update, global and for all languages, affecting the automated systems that detect spam in search results, to make them more effective in detecting spam, including new types. Read more
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20 September 2022
September 2022 Google Product Reviews Update
Fifth update for the Product Reviews Update, the Google Search ranking algorithm update focused on content related to product reviews on the Web, still limited to searches in English. Read more