Google confirms a broad core algorithm update, called the May 2022 core update, is rolling out today. Today, we're releasing a broad core update, as we do several times per year. This update is called the May 2022 core update.

This year’s Google core update focus is to enhance the quality of search results, filtering out ‘spammy, low quality’ content in favour of more useful information. This will be implemented through changes to Google’s algorithm that aims to boost high-quality results whilst reducing the appearance of unoriginal results by a forecasted 40%.

In 2022, the company issued a "Helpful Content Update" to its algorithm meant to weed out content created solely for the purpose of ranking higher on Search. Google issued a subsequent update in September, 2023, and a third algorithm tweak in March of this year.