Like the January Core algorithm update, Google announced the May update before rolling it out later in the day. This update also impacted those in the finance and health sectors and placed a focus on sites providing users with high-quality content.
E-A-T signals (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) were at the heart of this update, with Google making a serious attempt to ensure the results it provided for queries contained factual and trustworthy information.
The Main Focus of the Algorithm Update
The main focus of the Google Core Update in May 2020 was to provide its users with trustworthy results for health and finance queries in particular.
How to Protect Your Site Against This Algorithm Update
Proving the site was authoritative by producing high-quality content, showing affiliations with professional bodies, and having a strong backlink profile was essential for health and finance-related websites that wanted to rank higher after the update.
