Google's Broad Core Update is live as of March 2023

Google implemented the first broad core update of 2023. The generality of it left it with the name “March 2023 broad core update.” It began on March 15, 2023, at about 10:30 am ET and will take about two weeks to roll out.

Whenever Google updates its search ranking algorithms, it means that your site can do better or worse in the search results. Knowing when Google makes these updates gives us something to point to in order to understand if it was something you changed on your website or something Google changed with its ranking algorithm. The best response to these updates is the same thing you should do whether there is an algorithm update or not, follow SEO best practices and maintain an organic ranking that is less prone to algorithm volatility.