According to the statement made by the company, it may take up to 2 weeks for the update to be fully distributed.
Search results may vary
Core updates mean comprehensive changes to Google’s ranking system.
After such updates, the rankings of websites may change and sudden increases or decreases in traffic may occur. In particular, the performance of Google Discover and Google News may be affected.
Official statement from Google
Google used the following statements in its announcement:
“We have released the March 2026 core update. We will update our ranking history page once the rollout process is complete. This process may take up to two weeks.”
What should site owners do?
According to experts, instead of panicking in such updates, we should focus on content quality, improve user experience, and pay attention to EEAT (experience, expertise, authority, trust) criteria.
Google released the Spam update a few days ago and completed the update in 1 day.
