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Google releases June 2026 spam update
This update should only take a few days to roll out.
Google June 2026 spam update
Google began rolling out the June 2026 spam update on 24 June 2026 and confirmed it complete on 26 June 2026 — a rollout of 2 days, 1h. The average spam update with a recorded start and finish has taken 10.3 days, so this one was 8.3 days shorter than usual.
24 Jun 2026
Started · 16:00 UTC
26 Jun 2026
Finished · 17:00 UTC
2 days, 1h
Rollout duration
10.3d
Average spam update rollout
| Type | Spam update |
|---|---|
| Affected systems | Ranking |
| Since the previous one | 92 days after the March 2026 spam update (the average gap between spam updates is 464 days) |
| Record | From Google's Search Status API, with timestamps exact to the minute. Google's incident page → |
What a spam update is
A spam update targets violations of Google's spam policies — link schemes, scaled content abuse, site reputation abuse. Unlike a core update, there usually is something specific on an affected site to find and remove.
What to do when an update lands · How long Google updates take · Everything running on 24 Jun 2026
Coverage as it rolled out
2 stories from our archive, oldest first, from two days before the start to ten days after the finish.
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Google June 2026 spam update done rolling out
This spam update took two full days to roll out.
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