Core update
May 2022 core update
Rolled out 25 May – 9 Jun 2022, 15 days. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
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Google added these notes to its dashboard on 22 Mar 2023, after the update. The dates in the notes are the update’s own.
· 22 Mar 2023, 06:37 PDT
The rollout was complete as of June 9, 2022.
· 22 Mar 2023, 06:37 PDT
Released the May 2022 core update (developers.google.com).
Next to other core updates
Google’s 2nd core update on its status dashboard, which lists them from November 2021.
It took 15 days, longer than the one core update before it, which took 13 days.
- Before it: November 2021 core update, 17 Nov 2021
- After it: September 2022 core update, 12 Sep 2022
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