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Incident affecting Ranking

December 2022 link spam update

Incident began at 2022-12-14 00:00 and ended at 2023-01-12 00:00 (all times are US/Pacific).

Date Time Description
22 Mar 2023 06:51 PDT

The rollout was complete as of January 12, 2023

22 Mar 2023 06:50 PDT

Released the December 2022 link spam update. This update is global and affects all languages.