Yesterday, Google announced that it is releasing a core broad update named the January 2020 Core Update. It started to roll out around noon New York time yesterday. Google just echoed its previous advice around core updates. But this Google algorithm update does seem substantial and big based on some of the early chatter and signals.
The previous core update, the September 2019 update was slow to roll out and wasn’t a shockingly upsetting one. This January 2020 core update does seem a lot bigger than the September core update, at least based on early signals and chatter within the SEO industry.
Here is Google’s announcement:
Again, it is less than 24-hours, so it is early and things need to settle down over the next few days with this update – but here is some of the chatter.
WebmasterWorld has two threads:
Brett Tabke wants to name this one “Update Picard” but I don’t think that will stick, since Google has named it January 2020 Core Update. Anyway, here are some of the comments from SEOs in those two threads:
BlackHat World has multiple threads as well, here is the early chatter from there:
Here are some folks on Twitter:
Here are the tracking tools that were updated thus far (will add more as they get updated):
So far this seems like this update is going to be a big one! Keep an eye on things, do not panic, and share what you find with the community!
Forum discussion at Twitter, WebmasterWorld and BlackHat World.
