Spam update
August 2026 spam update
Rolled out 18 Aug – 21 Aug 2026, 2 days, 16 hours. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 21 Aug 2026, 01:49 PDT
The rollout was complete as of August 21, 2026.
· 18 Aug 2026, 09:28 PDT
Released the August 2026 spam update (developers.google.com), which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
Next to other spam updates
Google’s 10th spam update on its status dashboard, which lists them from November 2021.
It took 2 days, 16 hours. Of the 9 spam updates before it, 6 took longer and 3 were shorter; they averaged 9 days, 8 hours.
- Before it: June 2026 spam update, 24 Jun 2026
- After it: September 2026 spam update, 24 Sep 2026
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