Google Search Central News & Google Updates
2024
11 November 2024
November 2024 Core Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 11 November 2024 | 5 December 2024 | 23 days, 13 hours |
15 August 2024
August 2024 Core Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2024 | 3 September 2024 | 19 days, 4 hours |
20 June 2024
June 2024 Spam Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2024 | 27 June 2024 | 7 days, 1 hour |
11 June 2024
Adding Support for Organization-level Return Policies & Removing Home Activity Structured Data
Adding support for Organization-level return policies
For specifying general return policy for an entire site on Organization Structured Data.
Removing home activity documentation
Home activity structured data results will no longer appears in Google Search Results
2023
8 November 2023
November 2023 Reviews Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2023 | 7 December 2023 | 29 days |
2 November 2023
November 2023 Core Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2023 | 28 November 2023 | 25 days, 21 hours |
5 October 2023
October 2023 Core Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 5 October 2023 | 19 October 2023 | 13 days, 23 hours |
4 October 2023
October 2023 Spam Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 4 October 2023 | 19 October 2023 | 15 days, 12 hours |
14 September 2023
September 2023 Helpful Content Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | 13 days, 11 hours |
22 August 2023
August 2023 Core Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2023 | 7 September 2023 | 16 days, 3 hours |
8 August 2023
Changes on HowTo and FAQ Structured Data
Google announced reducing the visibility of HowTo and FAQ rich results on SERP. HowTo structured data would be visible only on desktop and FAQ structured data would be only visible to well-known authoritative government and health websites.
Update on September 14, 2023: Google deprecated HowTo visibility on desktop and mobile.
12 April 2023
April 2023 Reviews Update
15 March 2023
March 2023 Core Update
21 February 2023
February 2023 Product Reviews Update
2022
14 December 2022
December 2022 Link Spam Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 14 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 | 29 days |
5 December 2022
December 2022 Helpful Content Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 5 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 | 38 days |
19 October 2022
October 2022 Spam Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 19 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | 2 days |
20 September 2022
September 2022 Product Reviews Update
| Released | Rollout Complete | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2022 | 26 September 2022 | 6 days |
2008
23 April 2008
Retired Support for OAI-PMH in Sitemaps
2007
17 December 2017
Introducing Video Sitemaps
2006
20 November 2006
Introducing News Sitemaps
2005
7 December 2005
Sitemap Generator Version 1.4
Google uploaded the new Sitemap Generator Version 1.4.
15 September 2005
Sitemap Generator Version 1.3
Google announced Sitemap Generator Version 1.3.
