Google June 2021 Core Update Is Live

The time has come – Google has finally released another broad core update – this one is named the June 2021 Core Update. This update started rolling out yesterday, June 2, 2021 and it came just about six months after the last core update, which was the December 2020 core update. The rollout started at about 6:30pm ET on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.

So far, this update as of the time I am posting this, has no teeth. It is still early and often these updates rollout over the course of a couple of weeks and but normally we see the impact within 24 to 48 hours. But as of 12 or so hours since it launched, at this point, there is little to zero impact in the Google Search results so far from this update. More on that later in the what we are seeing section below.

This core update like others is global and impacting all languages.

Danny Sullivan posted the announcement on the SearchLiaison Twitter account at around 1pm ET on June 2nd:

Later today, we are releasing a broad core update, as we do several times per year. It is called the June 2021 Core Update. Our guidance about such updates is here:https://t.co/e5ZQUA3RC6

This will be followed by the July 2021 Core update. Here’s more information about that…

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) June 2, 2021

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