Google Announces the First Core Update of 2025

What We Know So Far

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Google announced the core update today, sharing a brief comment on LinkedIn:

“Today we released the March 2025 core update to Google Search.

This is a regular update designed to better surface relevant, satisfying content for searchers from all types of sites. We also continue our work to surface more content from creators through a series of improvements throughout this year. Some have already happened; additional ones will come later.

We’ll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete.”

Given Google’s efforts to get feedback from website owners and publishers last year, it’ll be interesting to see what impact this has on the changing search landscape.

Core updates usually happen sporadically throughout the year – 2024 had four core updates in total. So, while the March 2025 core update is the first to happen this year, it’s unlikely to be the last.

Google’s announcement has provided some insights into what this core update will target, but we won’t know its impact on websites and businesses until the rollout has finished. I’ll update this page as soon as we know more information.