Yesterday, I asked on Twitter for SEOs to share charts and data on how the Google January 2020 core update had an impact on their web sites or client sites. Here are some of the responses I have received.
Just a note, Google said is it mostly done rolling out but we are not too sure if it is mostly done yet... In any event, here are the responses from the SEO community on the impact felt by this update so far. Again, this is just a small sampling of the true impact, I am working on a larger story for Search Engine Land with a lot more data.
Also note, not all of what was shared with me seem directly related to this January core update:
After 12 Jan 20!
— Soham Mulani (@sohammulani17) January 17, 2020
eCommerce Website! pic.twitter.com/uFngcpuC6K
Here are 6 months trends fr 2 of my projects.
— Shobhit Saxena (@Shobhit22_) January 17, 2020
The Jan Core Update 2020 looks good to me, one of the sites (an underdog) is on an all-time high & beaten all the competitors. Another (which was growing) saw hope after the Dec'19 fluctuations.
SEO Isn't Dead. Keep Doing Good Things. pic.twitter.com/46CMCMOeum
Pumped!! (This week) pic.twitter.com/LVBVQ3nt2P
— David Haskins (@SkinnySC) January 17, 2020
Here are two sites in the drug/alcohol rehab space.
— Rachel Daniel (@RachelH_SEO) January 16, 2020
1st image is a site where we fixed up a ton of technical issues and saw improvements but not a full reversal from 9/24.
The 2nd image is a site we did not touch at all and saw a full reversal from 9/24. pic.twitter.com/gVXCOJL4gB
Site (clean blog with good content and 5K users per day) started to break down on Nov 8th - more and more pages disappeared from the index - almost going zero now. No manual action in GSC, what could this be? 😢 pic.twitter.com/Pp3qQb1HEp
— ButchCassidy (@ButchCa30948526) January 16, 2020
Yep, both updates did me a favor :) pic.twitter.com/6MUG6DDDHc
— The SEO Elvis (@ProjectElvim) January 16, 2020
Massive uptick on November 8th, fluctutation and peak at 1900/day. Traffic is about 1000/day now.
— Hayim Pinson (@hayimmeanslife) January 16, 2020
Not quite sure what to make of it. pic.twitter.com/djgCfkpCGL
I feel not settled yet. Page loads comparing last three days with previous three days. pic.twitter.com/mXmRaEE73V
— जगदीश à¤à¤¾à¤Ÿà¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ 🇮🇳 (@jagdish) January 16, 2020
We are stable and on track. Our normal growth rate is 10% month over month and that is exactly what we are seeing at the moment. pic.twitter.com/3dUfNUyZKW
— Abdul Wahab Butt (@abdulisthere) January 17, 2020
I have a site seems to have benefitted. Health / Wellness space pic.twitter.com/oDpvPBY0Vt
— Jonathan Saldivar (@JonSaldivar_SEO) January 16, 2020
I definitely did something good. pic.twitter.com/TUxfn0zb5u
— The SEO Elvis (@ProjectElvim) January 16, 2020
I have 19 clients that I do SEO for. As of yesterday, I had 11 with a big jump, 7 that stayed level, and 1 that had a big drop. They cover a variety of industries: construction, art, agriculture, machinery, etc.
— Doug Kuriger (@DouglasWTI) January 16, 2020
— Shameem Adhikarath (@shemiadhikarath) January 16, 2020
I'm actually seeing a lot more correlation between rankings and search trends. For instance, many food blogs (mainly healthier ones) saw some decline that looks core update related. However, I'm also seeing a seasonal shift that happens this same week. Still analyzing though.
— Jeff Hawley (@hashtagjeff) January 16, 2020
Winner winner chicken dinner.
— Dan Leibson (@DanLeibson) January 16, 2020
These both very large, highly technically complicated sites in different verticals. pic.twitter.com/hzXgJ2dVIH
Again, this is just what was selectively shared with me. There is a lot more to this story than what was shared above.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
