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Google has a long history of famous algorithm updates, search index changes and refreshes. Below is a history of the major Google search algorithm updates.

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How many times does Google update its search algorithms?
Google search is changing all the time. In 2020, Google made 4,500 changes to search. This number includes changes to its ranking system, user interface and more. Plus, Google ran more than 600,000 experiments. That means Google search is changing, on average, 12 times per day.

The history of Google algorithm updates: 2003-today
Here is a complete history of Google algorithm updates that you need to know about, in reverse chronological order.

2022 Google Algorithm Updates
December 2022 link spam update
Dec. 14

This global update targeted spammy links and was meant to neutralize any credit passed by unnatural links. This rollout overlapped with the helpful content system updated of Dec. 6. Google said the link spam update would take about two weeks to fully roll out.

Google helpful content system update
Dec. 6

This update added new signals to its classifier and also brought the helpful content update globally for all languages. Google said the rollout would take up to two weeks.

October 2022 spam update
Oct. 19

Google rolled out the latest improvements to its systems that detect search spam. Google did not specifically say whether this update was focused on links, content or other forms of spam. This update was global, affecting all languages. The October 2022 spam update took less than 48 hours to fully roll out.

September 2022 Product Reviews Update
Sept. 20

This was the second Product Reviews Update of the year and fifth overall. While Google typically doesn’t like to overlap algorithm updates, this update was launched before the September 2022 Core Update was complete. It was meant to reward English-language product reviews that are helpful and useful to searchers. Rollout completed Sept. 26.

September 2022 Core Update
Sept. 12

This was the second core update of the year and launched three days after the helpful content update finished rolling out. Overall, it seemed less significant than previous core updates, including the May 2022 core update. Rollout of completed Sept. 26.

Learn more about Core updates in our guide, Google Broad Core Algorithm Updates: Everything you need to know.

Helpful content update
Aug. 25