Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'matt cutts'

Page load time (speed) is a factor currently in the AdWords quality score. But soon it may be coming to Google's organic ranking algorithm. If you have a really slow site, it may impact how high you rank in Google....

Posted on November 16, 2009 8:54 AM

Yesterday we reported that the Google Caffeine index is launching right before the holiday season. I wrote my post like that, simply because I was in shock to see this being rolled out, even "slowly" before the holiday season. Honestly,...

Posted on November 11, 2009 8:54 AM

What appears to be a newbie, posted a thread at Google Webmaster Help asking why his site is not ranking yet. He also asked if he had something to do with the URL https://internal.google.com/spamteam/users/cutts/matt/ban_list/ showing up in his log files....

Posted on November 9, 2009 8:56 AM

Google's Matt Cutts, the man who is incredibly responsible the idea of webmaster and search engine communication, has gone over a year without posting anything at WebmasterWorld. His last post was on November 2, 2008 in a thread named Google.com...

Posted on November 5, 2009 8:14 AM

I always find it weird writing the word "cut" after mentioning Matt Cutts, but sometimes you just have to do it. Remember when we 'reported' that Matt Cutts of Google became the hot guy of the industry after having his...

Posted on October 22, 2009 8:49 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread links to Matt's slides from WordCamp. The slides can be found on Google Docs, but I say, skip those and watch the video below of Matt's presentation. The one thing I learned from it was that...

Posted on August 20, 2009 8:39 AM

A couple months back, Google ran an I/O conference. What many people don't know is that Matt Cutts and the search quality team video recorded a session with site reviews and posted it for everyone to see. The video is...

Posted on August 18, 2009 8:49 AM

I am sure Matt will get a kick out of this... Matt Cutts of Google showed up at SES San Jose last week with his head shaved. In short, he lost a bet with a Google team about a deadline,...

Posted on August 17, 2009 8:03 AM

I found this video on "seo secrets" to be very funny, especially how they dressed up Matt Cutts of Google. Maybe you will laugh as well, so here it is: Forum discussion on this video at Google Webmaster Help....

Posted on August 5, 2009 9:01 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread posted a screen shot of an unusual Google AdSense ad. Here is a picture of the ad: Matt Cutts is the head of Google's web spam team. I am not sure how many sales this type...

Posted on March 25, 2009 6:40 AM

Matt Cutts has his annual post on tell him what Google's search quality team should tackle in 2009, to prevent web spam. So far, Matt's post has 90 suggestions. So if you really hate web spam, go there, comment and...

Posted on January 8, 2009 8:57 AM

I so love finding these gems in the deep areas of forum discussion. That being said, let me share with you what I found. A Google Groups thread has a response from Matt Cutts of Google, basically explaining their was...

Posted on December 2, 2008 7:40 AM

I found a fun thread at DigitalPoint Forums with a poll that asks, "Do you believe EVERYTHING Matt Cutts says/writes?" Currently the poll is weighing on the NO side, of the answer. The question is valid. Matt is an extremely...

Posted on October 2, 2008 8:14 AM

I personally found this DigitalPoint Forums thread funny, where this SEO said he had a dream about Google's Matt Cutts. In the dream, the SEO remembers the following prophecy. Matt Cutts was Matt sitting in a car. The SEO asked...

Posted on September 8, 2008 8:27 AM

In July, Dave Naylor spotted a "Twitter loophole" in the bio section of Twitter: Twitter nofollows users' web sites but links in the biography were actually not nofollowed. When Matt Cutts read the post, he notified Twitter's staff about the...

Posted on September 4, 2008 9:23 AM

In a recent video where Matt Cutts aims to address the German webmaster community, he shares some information about Google -- about how he discovered his first spam site, how being creative, quick, focused on a specific niche may put...

Posted on July 21, 2008 9:29 AM

Matt Cutts, of Google, posted a blog post at the official Google Blog named Using data to fight webspam. In that post, he describes how the web spam team uses log data, IP addresses, and cookie information to help prevent...

Posted on June 30, 2008 7:11 AM

Yesterday, USA Today published an interview with Google's Matt Cutts about how webmasters can optimize their sites for Google. In the article, Matt provides five tips on improving visibility. They are: Figure out what people are searching for and put...

Posted on June 24, 2008 9:51 AM

A lot of people whose websites get banned from Google eventually take the necessary measures to fix the problems on their site and then request reinclusion. Some, however, do not. They just submit that reinclusion request and assume everything is...

Posted on June 18, 2008 9:26 AM

In a very interesting interview, Eric Enge spoke with Matt Cutts on link building. What's good link building? In many cases, Matt thinks that the best links are those that are original research and provide value to readers in the...

Posted on June 17, 2008 9:32 AM

Matt Cutts blogged about how Google keeps its index clean by deindexing hacked sites. In his post, he explains that hacked sites can be detrimental to the search experience especially if malware is hosted there and is installed on a...

Posted on May 28, 2008 9:34 AM

Many blogs are abuzz with the news about a recent fake piece of linkbait that ended up capturing the eyes and ears of many big traditional news outlets and bringing the originating story thousands of backlinks. After the community went...

Posted on May 23, 2008 9:44 AM

I didn't know that being electrocuted by solar panels was even possible, but apparently it is. Solar Dave made a really cute video about how it all went down: The idea behind the video, as Dave explains, was to illustrate...

Posted on May 21, 2008 10:56 AM

At the recent Web 2.0 expo (which I totally wish I went to), Matt Cutts presented on "what Google knows about spam." I actually watched the 9+ minute video (yay me!) and found it informative. Basically, he summarizes a few...

Posted on May 13, 2008 10:09 AM

After Google finally acquired DoubleClick the controversy of Google now officially owning an SEM company was a reality. DoubleClick owned Performics, a company that sells SEM services, including SEO and PPC. Yes, a major conflict of interest. Google, officially announced...

Posted on April 3, 2008 8:04 AM

On the last day of March, I reported on a major Google search index update which seemed to have impacted tons and tons of SEOs, as opposed to just a ton of SEOs (if you know what I mean). Yes,...

Posted on April 2, 2008 7:36 AM

A month ago I wrote, Google's Matt Cutts Replies to -60 Penalty Thread at Google where I summarize how Matt said some links are hurting a particular site. At that point, I decided to poll our readers and see if...

Posted on March 24, 2008 8:06 AM

Anyone who knows the Google Web Spam team well, knows that they all have a huge distaste for link manipulation. In my opinion, it is more than just a distance for some of the web spam team members, specifically Matt...

Posted on March 21, 2008 8:33 AM

Last week, DazzlinDonna wrote an open letter to Matt Cutts asking him why her PageRank has been impacted when she's already removed all wording to the effect of accepting paid links and submitted a reinclusion request. John Honeck writes about...

Posted on January 28, 2008 9:23 AM

Ever wanted to know the clear-cut way to remove URLs from Google? Matt Cutts shows you how in this video that was highlighted in the Google Webmaster Central blog: Good stuff. I'm still not a videophile though. (My question to...

Posted on January 10, 2008 9:00 AM

Michael Gray discovered a very controversial tactic that Google is employing on their website. He notes that several partners who have implemented Google Checkout have PR8 links without nofollow. Obviously, there's some concern here. Why is Google not following their...

Posted on January 9, 2008 9:22 AM

Michael Gray spotted an interesting quote from a recent interview with Matt Cutts and Ted Murphy of Izea (formerly PayPerPost). I explained to Matt that in SocialSpark all links required by an advertiser would carry the no-follow tag. I thought...

Posted on December 31, 2007 7:23 AM

At Pubcon, Matt Cutts was asked about reciprocal linking. We already explored the reciprocal linking question with Adam Lasnik who said that reciprocal linking with relevant sites is better than reciprocal linking with every possible site on the Internet. A...

Posted on December 21, 2007 9:15 AM

The Smackdown blog by Michael Vandemar mentions that Matt Cutts had made some statements regarding the operations at Google with regards to how it approaches SEO and these suggested changes are finally a reality. First, you no longer need to...

Posted on December 20, 2007 9:58 AM

Last week, at Pubcon Vegas, the SEOmoz crew threw a Werewolf game night and Matt Cutts turned out to be a black hat. Not familiar with what a "Black Hat" is? Well, in the search engine optimization industry, a black...

Posted on December 13, 2007 9:10 AM

Before beginning this post, I will be honest, I struggled if I should post anything at all, because I feel like I have been writing about this PageRank update way too often in the past three months. But I found...

Posted on December 6, 2007 8:01 AM

Matt Cutts recently spoke with Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz and made a few interesting statements that elicited some interesting forum response. First, WebmasterWorld members were particularly interested in this statement: we did do a full PageRank update several weeks ago...

Posted on December 3, 2007 8:55 AM

In a recent blog response to his own post, Matt Cutts has responded to allegations about the open dispute about Aaron and Google. In a nutshell, Matt says that there were some blackhat practices intertwined with whitehat sites and that...

Posted on November 20, 2007 9:31 AM

There are three keynotes at the upcoming PubCon. They include Craig Newmark of Craigs List, Richard Rosenblatt of DemandMedia, and Matt Cutts of Google. Now, most of you are probably more interested in Mr. Cutts. If so, and you are...

Posted on November 8, 2007 7:39 AM

DigitalPoint Forums users believe that Matt Cutts is a tease. After the paid link debate, instead of being a nice fairy princess for Halloween, he dresses up to an evil a sexy LOLcat: I think it looks hot. What do...

Posted on November 1, 2007 9:19 AM

Selling links? Matt Cutts has told Loren at Search Engine Journal that it was buying and selling links that ended up getting your PageRank lowered over the past few days. The partial update to visible PageRank that went out a...

Posted on October 30, 2007 10:24 AM

A few days ago, we reported on Google's clarification of hidden text and how not to get yourself penalized. This is part of an ongoing "Popular Picks" series in Google Groups and Matt Cutts has decided to clarify the nofollow...

Posted on October 11, 2007 9:28 AM

I don't know about you, but a lot of webmasters think that Matt Cutts has unlimited time and can answer everyone's individual requests about their websites. Matt Cutts apparently gives off the impression of omnipresence. And now, a DigitalPoint Forums...

Posted on September 5, 2007 9:10 AM

Google Groups member JLH spotted a line on Matt Cutts's blog where he suggests that forum members take advantage of Google Groups to get their questions answered: Got a webmaster-related question or suggestion that is not directly related to the...

Posted on September 4, 2007 9:06 AM

Rand Fishkin over at SEOmoz tied Matt Cutts to a chair and pleaded with him asked Matt to provide some clarifications regarding the nofollow attribute. Matt essentially said that nofollow links aren't followed, but you can exercise control over what...

Posted on August 31, 2007 9:17 AM

When I covered the You&A With Matt Cutts at SMX Seattle, I was only liveblogging - there was no video. But now, here's a video that confirms that Matt Cutts has said about link buying: As you can tell, Matt...

Posted on August 16, 2007 9:39 AM

Just a few weeks ago, Matt Cutts talked about blog optimization at WordCamp 2007. While his talk was tailored to the Wordpress blog user, a lot can be taken from it for basic website optimization. In a recent blog post,...

Posted on August 13, 2007 9:05 AM

Matt Cutts has written a blog post with a poll to get more information from all webmasters on the next feature for Google Webmaster Central, a great resource for webmasters already that is always improving. He asks users to vote...

Posted on July 24, 2007 9:07 AM

Two posts in DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld post point to a very interesting Forbes article on a lesser known practice of SEO known as "Google bowling" or "negative SEO." In this tactic, search engine optimizers force competitor websites down in...

Posted on July 4, 2007 9:18 AM

Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land Matt Cutts, Software Engineer, Google, Inc. Peter Linsley, Senior Product Manager for Search, Ask.com Tim Mayer, VP of Product Management, Yahoo Aaswath Raman, Program Manager, Live Search, Microsoft Q: What are you doing...

Posted on June 5, 2007 6:03 PM

Personalized Search: Fear or Not? Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land Speakers: Matt Cutts, Software Engineer, Google, Inc. Michael Gray, Owner, Atlas Web Service Gord Hotchkiss, President and CEO, Enquiro Tim Mayer, VP of Product Management, Yahoo! Search Danny...

Posted on June 4, 2007 7:16 PM

You&A with Matt Cutts At first, Matt comes in and says that Danny, who introduced him to the session, is not dressed casual enough. Danny, therefore, strips into a Disneyland shirt, cargo shorts, and funny shoes. Michael Martinez asks the...

Posted on June 4, 2007 1:01 PM

Over the weekend, Matt Cutts updated his recent blog post about how to report paid links. He added some questions and answers which gave the members of the Search Engine Watch Forums an idea of a quality directory. Since Google...

Posted on May 15, 2007 9:23 AM

On a Cre8asite Forums post, a member says that he has about 185 emails asking to reciprocate links and wonders how to handle them, if at all. I just wrote about Google Hell last week, and that was the first...

Posted on May 7, 2007 9:38 AM

A few days ago, Danny spotted Google Product Search Results in the regular Google SERPs. The problem with this is that Google has asked others not to do this in the past, but they apparently weren't practicing what they preached....

Posted on May 4, 2007 10:20 AM

It is 2007 and we have yet to have the big debate on paid links this year. Matt Cutts of Google has changed that with his dual post on how to report paid links and hidden links. Let me quickly...

Posted on April 16, 2007 7:53 AM

I wrote last Friday about a Possible Google Update Before Holiday Season? Matt Cutts commented here saying; I posted on WMW. I'm not aware of anything big that went out yesterday, so I'm assuming that this is normal ranking changes...

Posted on December 11, 2006 8:53 AM

Simple questions, deserve simple answers, don't they? What is the best way to contact someone at Google? Well, that may look like a simple question, but trust me, it is not. Getting in touch with someone at Google to help...

Posted on December 7, 2006 8:10 AM

Since I am not at the conference this week in Chicago. I figured it might be fitting to take a page from Matt Cutts, and post a step by step how to guide on How To Successfully Scare the Living...

Posted on December 5, 2006 12:27 PM

Matt Cutts wrote an excellent blog post named How google handles hacked sites. This is very interesting to me, since I had a similar situation with a client in the past (see Jennifer Convertibles Web Site Hacked & Delisted In...

Posted on December 4, 2006 7:45 AM

Matt Cutts of Google is known as a spam fighter, he is part of Google's Search Quality team and has a inner moral spirit to prevent web spam from creeping up in the Google search results. Watching Matt Cutts in...

Posted on November 30, 2006 7:53 AM

I basic thread at Search Engine Watch Forums describes once again the importance of making your brand and/or site popular to have top rankings in Google and other search engines. The thread creator says; I was just thinking about which...

Posted on October 16, 2006 7:00 AM

The fifth edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. We had two special guests on this show. Matt Cutts from Google came on two discuss what he would ask a Google engineer if he was an SEO and...

Posted on October 4, 2006 1:10 PM

Matt Cutts of Google has agreed to come on the show here and there to talk about one or two of the topics we covered the past week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Matt Cutts will be live for the...

Posted on September 28, 2006 5:10 PM

Via a Search Engine Watch Forum thread, Matt Cutts has a MySpace account. Well, maybe it is him or someone posing as him, who created http://myspace.com/mattcutts. On this MattSpace, you can see some of his latest SEO videos, his profile,...

Posted on August 17, 2006 7:07 AM

Yesterday at the SEW Blog I posted about the first six videos Matt Cutts launched with SEO tips. Well, Matt released two more videos today, and they are worth a listen to (not necessarily a looking at). You can view...

Posted on August 2, 2006 8:08 AM