{"id":24357,"date":"2025-02-10T12:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/?p=24357"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:49:20","slug":"google-algorithm-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/google-algorithm-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Algorithm Updates: Complete History (2019-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24357\" class=\"elementor elementor-24357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9273058 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9273058\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69144bb\" data-id=\"69144bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-40309d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40309d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f1346a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f1346a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa726cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa726cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objective<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8271ca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8271ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This blog covers every confirmed Google algorithm update from 2019 to 2026, explains what each one changed, and shows how to protect and recover your rankings when Google updates its search algorithm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74924ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"74924ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1221\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1221\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Key Takeaways<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1221\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1221\"><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google algorithm updates are changes to how Google ranks pages, from small daily tweaks to broad core updates.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest Google algorithm update is the September 2026 spam update, which rolled out from September 24 to October 7, 2026.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2026 has brought two core updates (March and May), four spam updates and a Discover core update so far.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Core updates reassess content quality broadly. A ranking drop does not always mean your site broke a rule.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spam updates target policy violations, and recovery can take months after you fix the issues.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People-first content, strong E-E-A-T and a clean technical setup are the best defense against any update.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b899d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b899d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-954ef86\" data-id=\"954ef86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-83b6a5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83b6a5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be70135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be70135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Short answer: What are Google algorithm updates?<\/b> Google algorithm updates are changes Google makes to its search ranking systems to show more helpful, relevant and trustworthy results. Most are small, but broad core updates and spam updates can shift rankings across many sites within days.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google handles <a href=\"https:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/search-engine-market-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">89.94% of global searches<\/a>, according to StatCounter data for September 2026. That is why every major update can change how much traffic your website gets overnight.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf193bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf193bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Did You Know?<\/b><\/p><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/status.search.google.com\/products\/rGHU1u87FJnkP6W2GwMi\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Google\u2019s Search Status Dashboard<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">logged 7 confirmed ranking updates from February to September 2026, including 2 core updates and 4 separate spam updates.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee2aa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bee2aa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each update aims to reward quality content, relevance and credibility, and to push down spam. Marketers who track these changes can adapt their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/importance-strategies-of-digital-marketing\/\">digital marketing strategy<\/a> faster and avoid costly traffic drops.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is a complete timeline of Google algorithm updates from 2019 to 2026, followed by practical steps to recover and future-proof your rankings.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8337c6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8337c6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90349d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90349d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Protect Your Rankings Through Every Google Update with SEO Discovery at $250\/Month<\/i><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5e592 elementor-align-left animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8e5e592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/free-digital-marketing-consultation.php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Talk to our Experts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3b91e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3b91e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a26844\" data-id=\"7a26844\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ef8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93ef8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Table Of Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0f3fa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ba0f3fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#one\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What Are Google Algorithm Updates?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#two\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How Often Does Google Update Its Algorithm?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#three\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Types of Google Algorithm Updates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#four\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2026 (Latest)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#five\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#six\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#seven\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2023<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#eight\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#nine\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2021<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#ten\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2020<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#eleven\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Google Algorithm Updates 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#twelve\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Recover After a Google Algorithm Update<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#thirteen\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Future-Proof Your Site for Google Updates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#fourteen\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Stay Ahead of Google Updates with SEO Discovery<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#fifteen\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">FAQs About Google Algorithm Updates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77726a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77726a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0afe20b\" data-id=\"0afe20b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103ece2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"103ece2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"one\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Are Google Algorithm Updates?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c272d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75c272d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Google algorithm update is a change to the systems Google uses to find, rank and display web pages. Some updates are small and go unnoticed. Others, like broad core updates, can move rankings across entire industries.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every update has the same goal: to show the most helpful, relevant and trustworthy results. Understanding these updates helps you know which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/google-ranking-factors\/\">Google ranking factors<\/a> matter most right now.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f6a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43f6a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"two\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Often Does Google Update Its Algorithm?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d841527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d841527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1357\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/google-update.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24363\" alt=\"google-update\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f65f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f65f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google changes Search constantly. At Search Central Live NYC, Google\u2019s John Mueller said Google made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-says-they-launch-thousands-of-updates-every-year\/543187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">over 4,700 launches from more than 700,000 tests<\/a> in 2023. That works out to more than a dozen changes every day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of these changes are minor. Google only announces the bigger ones, such as core, spam and Discover updates, on its <a href=\"https:\/\/status.search.google.com\/products\/rGHU1u87FJnkP6W2GwMi\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Search Status Dashboard<\/a>. Some of the most famous updates in Google\u2019s history include Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird, RankBrain and BERT. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/list-of-major-google-algorithm-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">list of major Google algorithm updates<\/a> for those older milestones.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98cf0f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98cf0f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"three\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Types of Google Algorithm Updates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc76200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc76200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google\u2019s confirmed updates usually fall into a few types:<\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">Update type<\/th><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">What it does<\/th><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">How often<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Core update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Broad changes that reassess content quality and relevance across all sites<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Usually 2 to 4 times a year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Improves automated spam detection, such as SpamBrain, for sites that break spam policies<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Several times a year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Helpful content update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Rewarded people-first content. Google folded this system into core updates in March 2024<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">No longer separate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Reviews update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Rewarded in-depth, first-hand reviews. Now updated continuously<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">No longer announced<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Discover update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Changes how content is chosen for the Google Discover feed<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Occasional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Page experience update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Added signals like Core Web Vitals, mobile usability and HTTPS<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Completed in 2021 and 2022<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-05aaf85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05aaf85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd5759 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fd5759\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413378c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"413378c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Hit by a Google Update?<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9d75e6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9d75e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our experts find what changed and build a clear recovery plan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edce6cc elementor-align-left animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"edce6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/free-digital-marketing-consultation.php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Talk to Our Experts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037a4c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"037a4c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"four\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2026 (Latest)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b667925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b667925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are all confirmed Google algorithm updates in 2026 so far, according to Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/status.search.google.com\/products\/rGHU1u87FJnkP6W2GwMi\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Search Status Dashboard<\/a>:<\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background: #004751; color: #fff; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; text-align: left;\">Update<\/th><th style=\"background: #004751; color: #fff; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; text-align: left;\">Started<\/th><th style=\"background: #004751; color: #fff; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; text-align: left;\">Completed<\/th><th style=\"background: #004751; color: #fff; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; text-align: left;\">Type<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">September 2026 spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">September 24<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">October 7<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Spam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">August 2026 spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">August 18<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">August 20<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Spam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">June 2026 spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">June 24<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">June 26<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Spam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">May 2026 core update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">May 21<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">June 2<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Core<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">March 2026 core update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">March 27<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">April 8<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Core<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">March 2026 spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">March 24<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">March 25<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Spam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">February 2026 Discover update<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">February 5<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">February 27<\/td><td style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #d9d9d9; vertical-align: top;\">Discover<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6969ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6969ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>September 2026 spam update (latest)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest Google algorithm update started on September 24 and finished on October 7, 2026, after about 13 days. It is the fourth spam update of the year and continues Google\u2019s work on automated spam detection.<\/span><\/p><p><b>August 2026 spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short spam update that ran from August 18 to 20. Google said it applied globally and to all languages, and that it did not cover link spam or site reputation abuse, which are handled by separate systems.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 2026 spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another fast spam update that took about two days, from June 24 to 26.<\/span><\/p><p><b>May 2026 core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second core update of 2026 ran from May 21 to June 2. It caused strong ranking volatility, with big swings around May 23 and May 30. Google shared no new guidance and pointed site owners to its advice on helpful, people-first content.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 2026 core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google called it &#8220;a regular update designed to better surface relevant, satisfying content for searchers from all types of sites.&#8221; It ran from March 27 to April 8, about 12 days.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 2026 spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shortest confirmed spam update on record, completed in under 20 hours on March 24 and 25, just two days before the March core update.<\/span><\/p><p><b>February 2026 Discover update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A core update for the Discover feed that ran from February 5 to 27. It favors locally relevant sites, reduces clickbait and sensational content, and rewards in-depth, original and timely content from sites with expertise. It started with English-language users in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd0091b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd0091b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"five\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2025<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb64e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eb64e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;\"><thead><tr><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">Update<\/th><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">Started<\/th><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">Completed<\/th><th style=\"background:#004751;color:#fff;padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;text-align:left;\">Type<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">December 2025 core update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">December 11<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">December 29<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Core<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">August 2025 spam update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">August 26<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">September 22<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Spam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">June 2025 core update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">June 30<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">July 17<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Core<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">March 2025 core update<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">March 13<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">March 27<\/td><td style=\"padding:10px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;vertical-align:top;\">Core<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><b>December 2025 core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final core update of 2025 rolled out over about 18 days. It continued Google\u2019s focus on rewarding relevant, satisfying content from all types of sites.<\/span><\/p><p><b>August 2025 spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A long spam update that took almost four weeks. It targeted sites violating Google\u2019s spam policies across all languages.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 2025 core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that ran for about 17 days and caused noticeable volatility, with some sites hit by earlier updates seeing partial recovery.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 2025 core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first core update of 2025, which rolled out over about two weeks and aimed to surface more relevant, satisfying content.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1708996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1708996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"six\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c1e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c1e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>December 19: Spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This spam update ran until December 26 and targeted spammy content. Some site owners reported sharp traffic swings during the rollout.<\/span><\/p><p><b>December 12: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fast core update that finished on December 18. It came only weeks after the November core update, as Google explained it was improving different core systems.<\/span><\/p><p><b>November 11: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This core update took about three weeks to roll out. Google advised sites that lost rankings to focus on content quality rather than quick fixes, since recovery can take months.<\/span><\/p><p><b>August 15: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After feedback from small and independent publishers hit by the 2023 helpful content update, Google aimed to better surface useful content from smaller sites. Some affected sites saw partial recovery.<\/span><\/p><p><b>July 31: Explicit deepfake protections<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google updated its systems to reduce non-consensual explicit fake content, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-the-content-creation-industry-full-overview\/\">AI-generated<\/a> images and videos, and made removal requests easier. This was a search change rather than a broad ranking update.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 20: Spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A week-long spam update that improved Google\u2019s automated spam detection. Sites affected should review Google\u2019s spam policies.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 5: Core update and new spam policies<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest updates in years. The core update took 45 days and folded the helpful content system into Google\u2019s core ranking systems. Google also launched three new spam policies:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Expired domain abuse:<\/b> Buying expired domains only to manipulate rankings.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Scaled content abuse:<\/b> Mass-producing low-value content to game search, whether by humans or AI.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Site reputation abuse:<\/b> Hosting low-value third-party content on a trusted site to borrow its ranking power.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a3bfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23a3bfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1169\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/updaes.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24364\" alt=\"google search status\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1094756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1094756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"seven\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2023<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e5d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59e5d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>November 8: Reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This reviews update covered review content in many categories, not just products, and was the last one Google announced before moving to continuous updates.<\/span><\/p><p><b>November 2: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A core update that ran alongside the reviews update, bringing strong volatility and many new URLs into the top 10.<\/span><\/p><p><b>October 5: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that ran for about two weeks.<\/span><\/p><p><b>October 4: Spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This spam update focused on spam in many languages, including Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi and Chinese.<\/span><\/p><p><b>September 14: Helpful content update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major update that rewarded content made for people, not search engines. It hit many content sites hard, especially small publishers.<\/span><\/p><p><b>August 22: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that rolled out over about two weeks.<\/span><\/p><p><b>April 12: Reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update expanded the product reviews system to cover reviews of services, businesses and more.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 15: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that caused significant ranking movement across many sectors.<\/span><\/p><p><b>February 21: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last update under the &#8220;product reviews&#8221; name, extending the system to more languages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffddac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffddac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"eight\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2022<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa8142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fa8142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24365\" alt=\"google search review\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-1536x785.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd0c69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dd0c69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>December 14: Link spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google used its AI-based SpamBrain system to detect sites buying links and sites passing outgoing links for ranking purposes.<\/span><\/p><p><b>December 5: Helpful content update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update expanded the August helpful content update worldwide and to all languages, further demoting unoriginal, low-value content.<\/span><\/p><p><b>October 19: Spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short spam update aimed at malicious sites, spammy content and harmful links.<\/span><\/p><p><b>September 20: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewarded detailed, trustworthy reviews with expert analysis and real-life usage details.<\/span><\/p><p><b>September 12: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that fine-tuned content relevance and result accuracy.<\/span><\/p><p><b>August 25: Helpful content update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first helpful content update, which targeted content written mainly for search engines rather than people.<\/span><\/p><p><b>July 27: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continued Google\u2019s push for in-depth, first-hand product reviews.<\/span><\/p><p><b>May 25: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that refined how Google evaluates content quality across industries.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 23: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoted in-depth product reviews over thin, affiliate-heavy pages.<\/span><\/p><p><b>February 22: Page experience update for desktop<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extended the 2021 mobile page experience signals, including Core Web Vitals and HTTPS, to desktop search. See our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/page-speed-optimization\/\">page speed optimization<\/a> to improve these signals.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03772d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03772d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"nine\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3f8d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a3f8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>December 1: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewarded product reviews that showed expertise, depth and accuracy.<\/span><\/p><p><b>November 30: Local search update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebalanced the factors used in local results. It affected how businesses appear in local searches and the map pack. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/local-seo-services.php\">local SEO services<\/a> help businesses adapt to these changes.<\/span><\/p><p><b>November 17: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that affected rankings across many sites.<\/span><\/p><p><b>November 3: Spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Targeted sites using manipulative tactics such as keyword stuffing and spammy SEO techniques.<\/span><\/p><p><b>July 26: Link spam update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detected and devalued spammy links, hitting sites that used unethical link-building practices.<\/span><\/p><p><b>July 1: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second part of a two-part core update that refined rankings for quality content.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June to August: Page experience update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolled out Core Web Vitals and other page experience signals for mobile search, rewarding faster, more stable pages.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 2: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first part of the two-part summer core update.<\/span><\/p><p><b>April 8: Product reviews update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoted product reviews with insightful analysis and original research over thin summaries.<\/span><\/p><p><b>February 10: Passage ranking<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowed Google to rank individual passages within long pages, helping well-structured content surface for specific questions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd02a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd02a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ten\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9acf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c9acf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>December 3: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last core update of 2020, which affected rankings globally across all languages.<\/span><\/p><p><b>May 4: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A significant update that especially affected YMYL (Your Money, Your Life) sites in finance, health and news.<\/span><\/p><p><b>January 22: Featured snippet deduplication<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pages shown in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/google-rich-snippets\/\">featured snippet<\/a> no longer appeared again in the regular page one results.<\/span><\/p><p><b>January 13: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first core update of 2020, which affected sectors including finance and health.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4893ccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4893ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"eleven\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Google Algorithm Updates 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e503ce5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e503ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bert-image.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24366\" alt=\"bert-image\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38619ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38619ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>October 25: BERT update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest changes in years. BERT helped Google understand natural language and the context of words in a query, improving results for long-tail and conversational searches. Google said it affected about 1 in 10 searches in US English.<\/span><\/p><p><b>September 24: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update. Google again pointed sites to its guidance on expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness, now known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/what-is-e-e-a-t-in-seo\/\">E-E-A-T<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 6: Site diversity update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited most searches to no more than two results from the same domain in the top results.<\/span><\/p><p><b>June 3: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that caused significant ranking shifts. Google pre-announced it, which was new at the time.<\/span><\/p><p><b>March 12: Core update<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A broad core update that rewarded high-quality content and better matched user intent.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-973f905 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"973f905\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f5a51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57f5a51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0826234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0826234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Lost Traffic After a Core Update?<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d93dd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6d93dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get a free audit to see what changed and what to fix first.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5034163 elementor-align-left animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5034163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/free-website-audit-report.php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get a Free SEO Audit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-325ebc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"325ebc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"twelve\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Recover After a Google Algorithm Update<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ec348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40ec348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your traffic drops after an update, do not panic or make big changes right away. Follow these steps:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Confirm the timing:<\/b> Compare your traffic drop with update dates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.search.google.com\/products\/rGHU1u87FJnkP6W2GwMi\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Search Status Dashboard<\/a>. Wait at least a week after an update finishes before judging the impact.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Find what dropped:<\/b> Use Google Search Console to see which pages, queries and countries lost clicks. Our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/why-has-my-website-ranking-dropped\/\">why your website ranking dropped<\/a> covers common causes.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Check for spam or manual actions:<\/b> Review the Manual Actions report and your backlinks. If you received a penalty, follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/google-penalty-recovery\/\">Google penalty recovery<\/a> steps.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Improve content quality:<\/b> Update thin or outdated pages, add first-hand expertise and answer the searcher\u2019s question clearly.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fix technical issues:<\/b> Check speed, indexing, broken links and mobile usability with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/technical-seo-audit-service.php\">technical SEO audit<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Be patient:<\/b> Some recovery can happen between core updates, but bigger gains often come with the next one.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a detailed plan, read our guides on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/overcome-traffic-drop-after-google-core-update\/\">overcome a traffic drop after a Google core update<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/google-traffic-recovery-after-traffic-drop\/\">recover Google traffic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50efc56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50efc56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"thirteen\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Future-Proof Your Site for Google Updates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd99f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cd99f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Create people-first content:<\/b> Write for your audience, not for search engines, and show real expertise and experience.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Build E-E-A-T:<\/b> Add author bios, cite sources and earn mentions from trusted sites.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Earn quality links:<\/b> Focus on relevant, natural backlinks through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/link-building-services.php\">ethical link building<\/a> and avoid paid link schemes.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Keep your site technically healthy:<\/b> Fast pages, mobile-friendly design and clean indexing protect you from many quality issues.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Avoid scaled and third-party spam:<\/b> Do not mass-produce low-value pages or rent out your domain to unrelated content.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Optimize for AI search:<\/b> Clear answers and structured content help you appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-for-google-ai-overviews\/\">Google AI Overviews<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/blog\/what-is-google-ai-mode\/\">AI Mode<\/a>, which now sit at the top of many results.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Monitor regularly:<\/b> Track rankings and traffic weekly so you spot update impacts early.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb14cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb14cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"fourteen\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stay Ahead of Google Updates with SEO Discovery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583f4c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"583f4c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google algorithm updates will keep coming, and each one can reshape your traffic. The sites that grow over time are the ones that focus on helpful content, strong authority and a solid technical foundation, not short-term tricks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO Discovery, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/\">digital marketing agency<\/a> with over 22 years of experience, tracks every confirmed Google update and adjusts client strategies quickly. Our team combines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/content-writing-services-india.php\">content writing services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/technical-seo-audit-service.php\">technical SEO audits<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seodiscovery.com\/ai-seo-agency.php\">AI SEO services<\/a> to protect your rankings on Google and in AI search.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If an update has hurt your traffic, or you want to stay ahead of the next one, our experts can help you build a strategy that lasts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd54bfc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd54bfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31e63d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a31e63d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aec186e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aec186e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>We Decode Google\u2019s Algorithm for Your Success<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf9ae5c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf9ae5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Boost rankings and drive traffic through every update.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1d3fe elementor-align-left animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1c1d3fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=919888066659\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Chat on WhatsApp<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4093bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4093bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"fifteen\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQs About Google Algorithm Updates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3259c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"3259c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5271\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5271\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are Google algorithm updates?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5271\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5271\"><p>Google algorithm updates are changes to the systems Google uses to rank web pages. They range from small daily tweaks to broad core updates that can shift rankings across many sites.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5272\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5272\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is the latest Google algorithm update?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5272\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5272\"><p>The latest confirmed Google algorithm update is the September 2026 spam update, which ran from September 24 to October 7, 2026. The latest core update was the May 2026 core update.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5273\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5273\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How often does Google update its algorithm?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5273\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5273\"><p>Google makes thousands of changes every year. John Mueller said Google made over 4,700 launches from more than 700,000 tests in 2023. Only major updates, like core and spam updates, are announced.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5274\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5274\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How many core updates did Google release in 2026?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5274\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5274\"><p>So far in 2026, Google has released two core updates: the March 2026 core update and the May 2026 core update. It also released a Discover core update in February.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5275\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5275\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is a Google core update?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5275\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5275\"><p>A core update is a broad change to Google\u2019s ranking systems that reassesses content quality and relevance. It does not target specific sites, and a drop does not always mean you did something wrong.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5276\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5276\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is a Google spam update?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5276\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5276\"><p>A spam update improves Google\u2019s automated spam detection, such as SpamBrain. It affects sites that break Google\u2019s spam policies, such as link schemes, cloaking or scaled content abuse.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5277\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5277\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I know if a Google update affected my site?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5277\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5277\"><p>Compare traffic changes in Google Search Console with update dates on the Search Status Dashboard. A sharp drop or rise that starts during a rollout usually points to the update.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5278\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5278\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How long does it take to recover from a Google algorithm update?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5278\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5278\"><p>Recovery depends on the cause. Content improvements may help over weeks or months, but larger recoveries often appear with the next core update. Spam-related recovery can take many months.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5279\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5279\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Is the helpful content update still active?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5279\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5279\"><p>Not as a separate update. In March 2024, Google folded the helpful content system into its core ranking systems, so helpfulness is now assessed in every core update.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-52710\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-52710\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-off\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C85.961 64 0 149.961 0 256s85.961 192 192 192h192c106.039 0 192-85.961 192-192S490.039 64 384 64zM64 256c0-70.741 57.249-128 128-128 70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.741-57.249 128-128 128-70.741 0-128-57.249-128-128zm320 128h-48.905c65.217-72.858 65.236-183.12 0-256H384c70.741 0 128 57.249 128 128 0 70.74-57.249 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened e-font-icon-svg e-fas-toggle-on\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M384 64H192C86 64 0 150 0 256s86 192 192 192h192c106 0 192-86 192-192S490 64 384 64zm0 320c-70.8 0-128-57.3-128-128 0-70.8 57.3-128 128-128 70.8 0 128 57.3 128 128 0 70.8-57.3 128-128 128z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How can I protect my website from Google algorithm updates?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-52710\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-52710\"><p>Focus on people-first content, strong E-E-A-T, quality backlinks, good page experience and avoiding spam tactics. 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