{"id":744671,"date":"2026-08-21T15:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:40:28","slug":"google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Google August 2026 spam update done rolling out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a885c27ee567\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a885c27ee567\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out\/#The_update_took_25_days_to_roll_out_and_is_now_complete\" >The update took 2.5 days to roll out and is now complete.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out\/#Topics_on_this_page\" >Topics on this page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_update_took_25_days_to_roll_out_and_is_now_complete\"><\/span>The update took 2.5 days to roll out and is now complete.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has confirmed the\u00a0August 2026 spam update, which was released on Tuesday, August 18th at around 12:30 pm ET, is now done rolling out. The update finished rolling out on August 21, 2026 at 4:50 am ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Google\u2019s announcement.\u00a0<\/strong>Google posted about the update on its\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/status.search.google.com\/incidents\/LEubPCm2octf2uMqCFKE\">incident dashboard<\/a>\u00a0and wrote:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cReleased the August 2026 spam update, which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe rollout was complete as of August 21, 2026.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn more about Google spam updates in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/spam-updates\">this Google help document<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why we care.\u00a0<\/strong>This is the third Google spam update announced in 2026, the last one was the\u00a0June 2026 spam update. If your site was not impacted, then you are good to go \u2013 at least for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will always be cases of sites not spamming Google that get hit by a spam update but hopefully that won\u2019t be one of your sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google did say this is a \u201cnormal spam\u201d update and that there is nothing specifically new with this update, outside of Google running it again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-display\">\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-content\">\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Topics_on_this_page\"><\/span>Topics on this page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"ttd-topics-links\">Google SearchDiffusing update algorithmEmailGoogleSearch engine optimization<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-august-2026-spam-update-done-rolling-out-485471\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The update took 2.5 days to roll out and is now complete. Google has confirmed the\u00a0August 2026 spam update, which was released on Tuesday, August 18th at around 12:30 pm ET, is now done rolling out. The update finished rolling out on August 21, 2026 at 4:50 am ET. 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