Spam update
March 2026 spam update
Rolled out 24 Mar – 25 Mar 2026, 19 hours, 30 minutes. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 25 Mar 2026, 07:39 PDT
The rollout was complete as of March 25, 2026.
· 24 Mar 2026, 12:18 PDT
Released the March 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 8th spam update on its status dashboard, which lists them from November 2021.
It took 19 hours, 30 minutes, shorter than every spam update before it (they averaged 11 days, 14 hours).
- Before it: August 2025 spam update, 26 Aug 2025
- After it: June 2026 spam update, 24 Jun 2026
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