# Google Releases October 2023 Spam Update

- Link: https://www.boostability.com/seo-content/google-releases-october-2023-spam-update/
- Published: 2023-10-05T11:03:24-07:00
- Author: boodev2026

Google has released a new search update yesterday on October 5th, 2023. The October
2023 spam update is set to improve Google’s “coverage in many languages and spam
types,” Google [wrote](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/10/october-2023-spam-update).

> We’re releasing an update to our spam detections systems today that will improve
> our coverage in many languages and spam types: [https://t.co/g5yWWqvypR](https://t.co/g5yWWqvypR)
>  — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) [October 4, 2023](https://twitter.com/googlesearchc/status/1709612835506888828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Google hopes the update should “reduce the visible spam in search results, particularly
when it comes to cloaking, hacked, auto-generated, and scraped spam.” 

They’ve also mentioned that the update will take a few weeks to roll out.

Before this October 2023 Update, the most recent confirmed Google spam update was
the October 2022 spam update and the December 2022 link spam update. Almost of full
year ago!

Before that was the November 2021 spam update. Google also released a two-part Spam
Update – on June 23 and June 28 in 2021, as well as the July 2021 link spam update.

For your business, you should be concerned If you notice changes to your rankings
over the next few weeks and your site is not primarily English. Although it may 
target English results, it may be related to this. This update specifically targets
cloaking, hacked, auto-generated, and scraped spam. Be cautious, patient, and look
out at your rankings.