The Google August 2023 Broad Core update finished rolling out yesterday afternoon at about 4:03 PM ET. It took just over 16 days to roll out, kicking off on August 22, 2023, at about 1:30 pm ET and completing on September 7, 2023, at about 4:00 PM ET.
Here is a screenshot of the status page showing when this update started and ended:
It took Google 30+ minutes to tweet about the update being done:
The rollout is now complete as of September 7, 2023.
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) September 7, 2023
Documented Volatility For August 2023 Core Update
Here is the volatility we documented and wrote about specific to this latest confirmed core update.
The Google August 2023 core update was announced on August 22nd. We didn’t really see much movement until August 25th. Then we saw another wave of movement around the 30th through the 1st. We saw a final wave of volatility over the past couple of days, right before it ended last yesterday afternoon.
Google August 2023 Core Update
Here are the most important things that we know right now in short form:
