Google’s 2019 September Core Update was like a rock that hit most websites especially those with low valued contents.

The same update catapulted some websites traffic up the search return ladder; likewise the November Core Update, only that the effect was not felt much unlike the September’s update.

Before the mid of the first month of the year, 2020, Google did not disappoint in wishing website owners a Happy New Year with yet another algorithm changes called Janaury Core Update 2020.


Google announced the core update via its Twitter account @SearchLiaison.

“The January 2020 Core Update is now live and will be rolling out to our various data centers over the coming days.”

The Update took effect since January 13, 2020.

In case your site was hit by this new update, there is no specific action highlighted by Google to rectify the hit. Most of the time, it doesn’t signals you have done anything wrong.

We witnessed a company that was hit by the September 2020 Core Update and never recovered or appeared in the Top Story carousel of Google until the launch of the January 2020 Core Update.

Just continue doing your best working on the suggestions offered in the Google Community.

For people wondering what Google update means or how it works, Core Updates determine your site’s performance in search results. Like the company we cited above, they did nothing wrong, except that the update does not favour them.

Luckily for them, they are back in the search result and not just that, they are now appearing in both Top Stories carousel and frequently in the Google News suggestions on Chrome.

Keeping tab of Google Updates let you know if your site performance is a result of what you did wrong on your site, probably a plugin slowing the load speed or it is that you have just been hit by a Google new update.

Source: http://webhealth.com.ng/google-released-january-2020-core-update/