Is Matt Cutts An Authority To Follow?

11 years ago

He's worth listening to as a general guide. He's not about to giveaway any of Google's secrets though.

I actually find the things that he doesn't/won't say a lot more valuable than anything he does say. Like trying to interpret new legislation as laid out by a politician.

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YellowGreenMedia

11 years ago

75% of what he says is BS with a sauce of lies and for desert he spreads some deception, i'll listen to what this propaganda boy from Google has to say and do my own tests, i suggest you do the same.

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jxam69

11 years ago

Originally Posted by YellowGreenMedia

75% of what he says is BS with a sauce of lies and for desert he spreads some deception, i'll listen to what this propaganda boy from Google has to say and do my own tests, i suggest you do the same.

Please list at least 5 lies he's told, or we'll have to assume you just made that up.

I watch his videos for SEO hints - I haven't noticed any direct lies, but I'm sure he omits things.

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YellowGreenMedia

11 years ago

Originally Posted by jxam69

Please list at least 5 lies he's told, or we'll have to assume you just made that up.

I watch his videos for SEO hints - I haven't noticed any direct lies, but I'm sure he omits things.

Just from the top of my head.

If you build it they will come.
Duplicated content on your own domain is against Google and will be penalized.
Scraped content is against Google policy and will be penalized.
Link Juice will not flow true "no follow" links.
He lied about the penguin update, he stated it was not or not only a backlink update.

Why would Matt Cutts lie?

Matt Cutts gets his paycheck from Google.
Matt Cutts owns Google stock.

Never noticed how many real honest webmasters are getting screwed over by the Google updates, even if they did everything by the letter?

You go ahead and belief what Matt and Google feeds you, i'll do my own testing if you don't mind.

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paulgl

11 years ago

Originally Posted by YellowGreenMedia

Just from the top of my head.

If you build it they will come.
Duplicated content on your own domain is against Google and will be penalized.
Scraped content is against Google policy and will be penalized.
Link Juice will not flow true "no follow" links.
He lied about the penguin update, he stated it was not or not only a backlink update.

Still looking for the lies. Why do people misquote google and cutts?
You are missing a whole lot of the rest of the quotes.

Common practice.

That's like me saying "I climbed the highest mountain in the world."
And people falling all over that.
But not adding, "last night in my dreams."

Huge difference.

Any SEO person who says to ignore everything from Cutts, has
their own agenda and I would steer clear of them.

Paul

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SEO Haven 11 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

Any SEO person who says to ignore everything from Cutts, has
their own agenda and I would steer clear of them.

Well said man.
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Backlinko 11 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

Any SEO person who says to ignore everything from Cutts, has
their own agenda and I would steer clear of them.

I agree with this.

People in SEO are so quick to call him the "Minister of Disinformation" and automatically discount everything he has to say.

Sure, he has an agenda...but I do think he tells at least part of the truth in his Webmaster Help videos.

Contrary to popular belief, Google is NOT out to get you.

They just want to show their users quality results so they can make money.

And considering Cutts is one of the few people with real, insider knowledge, I pay attention.
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YellowGreenMedia

11 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

Still looking for the lies. Why do people misquote google and cutts?
You are missing a whole lot of the rest of the quotes.

Common practice.

That's like me saying "I climbed the highest mountain in the world."
And people falling all over that.
But not adding, "last night in my dreams."

Huge difference.

Any SEO person who says to ignore everything from Cutts, has
their own agenda and I would steer clear of them.

Paul

Maybe you should read is again cus the lies are there... but he, you go ahead and believe everything Matt tells you, i have no agenda, i really don't care either way what you do.

OP ask the question and i gave my opinion on it, I take everything he says with a truck of sold, cus most of the stuff he has been feeding is isn't true or partly true... don't belief me, fine do your own testing instead of following propaganda boy.

Get a .info domain, create a article and change about 4% of the content (tip use city names) and blast the new domain with poor links and see if it ranks and if it stays there.

I have multiple .info domains with 92% dup Dutch content (on the same domain mind you) and blasted with only crappy scrapebox/SB Bomber/Sick Submitter links... now funny thing is: they have stand the whole zoo of updates and ranking well for great local keywords.

According to your trusted friend Matt; This isn't possible..... But it is... How strange...

Don't belief me Paul? PM me and i will show you one of my domains to proof taht Matt is full of it. Seriously no agenda here...

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UMS

11 years ago

Matt is the closest person you can get to the source of Google & SEO, but obviously you have to read between the lines as Matt isn't going to reveal the crown jewels.

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legoog8

11 years ago

Hes the enemy even if you are white hat everything to google that is done by the webmaster for seo is gaming the system...... if you read the google seo beginners guide on google you will find all of it is pure rubbish basic on pages stuff with a paragraph on off site seo which basically tells you not to do it. He doesn't mention a thing about off page seo...(i think anyway not seen and off page stuff) basically its like taking advise from you worse enemy who's best interest is for you not to do off page seo.

Well keep your friends close and your enemy's closer is something i do...

I guess it okay if your a beginner and you want to know about on page seo... but after the basics then...... even the update hints are useless as a good seo strategy will mean you shouldn't have to worry.. well i guess it is okay if you know when all you competition will fall but apart from that reading the articles on that blog is a waste of time.

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seocognition

11 years ago

Matt Cutts the lies deep into the SEO community. The lack of transparency is considered lying. But hey, if I were Google, I'd tell my drones to be hush hush too.

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smodha

11 years ago

I follow Cutts on Twitter. Most of the time it's just drivel (it might be important but I stop reading after the first line) but occasionally he does drop some truth bombs.

I second the "build it and they will come" nonsense. All the big players buy links - it's that simple despite it clearly being a violation of Google's ToS.

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typoo999

11 years ago

Why would you trust in Google's guy? This is how they manipulate you, what he talks is BS, don't listen to it!

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11 years ago

You can follow him to update yourself about Google.

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expresswriters

11 years ago

Originally Posted by PaulBaker

I actually find the things that he doesn't/won't say a lot more valuable than anything he does say. Like trying to interpret new legislation as laid out by a politician.

Ah! I like the comparison!

Originally Posted by YellowGreenMedia

75% of what he says is BS with a sauce of lies and for desert he spreads some deception, i'll listen to what this propaganda boy from Google has to say and do my own tests, i suggest you do the same.

Yes, that's my philosophy. Currently listening but not following like a blind sheep by any means.

Originally Posted by UMS

Matt is the closest person you can get to the source of Google & SEO, but obviously you have to read between the lines as Matt isn't going to reveal the crown jewels.

True!

Originally Posted by legoog8

Hes the enemy even if you are white hat everything to google that is done by the webmaster for seo is gaming the system...... if you read the google seo beginners guide on google you will find all of it is pure rubbish basic on pages stuff with a paragraph on off site seo which basically tells you not to do it. He doesn't mention a thing about off page seo...(i think anyway not seen and off page stuff) basically its like taking advise from you worse enemy who's best interest is for you not to do off page seo.

Well keep your friends close and your enemy's closer is something i do...

I guess it okay if your a beginner and you want to know about on page seo... but after the basics then...... even the update hints are useless as a good seo strategy will mean you shouldn't have to worry.. well i guess it is okay if you know when all you competition will fall but apart from that reading the articles on that blog is a waste of time.

Grammar was atrocious here but the points were very good. I've noticed Matt really picks and chooses what he wants to talk about.

Originally Posted by YellowGreenMedia

If you build it they will come.
Duplicated content on your own domain is against Google and will be penalized.
Scraped content is against Google policy and will be penalized.
Link Juice will not flow true "no follow" links.
He lied about the penguin update, he stated it was not or not only a backlink update.

Why would Matt Cutts lie?

Matt Cutts gets his paycheck from Google.
Matt Cutts owns Google stock.

Never noticed how many real honest webmasters are getting screwed over by the Google updates, even if they did everything by the letter?

You go ahead and belief what Matt and Google feeds you, i'll do my own testing if you don't mind.

I remember some of those lies! Oh yes, I can tell you how many honest webmasters were screwed when Google hit. I know more than a dozen, and they are my content clients.

Originally Posted by seocognition

Matt Cutts the lies deep into the SEO community. The lack of transparency is considered lying. But hey, if I were Google, I'd tell my drones to be hush hush too.

Haha!

Originally Posted by smodha

I follow Cutts on Twitter. Most of the time it's just drivel (it might be important but I stop reading after the first line) but occasionally he does spout some truth bombs.

I should add him on my Twitter feed, thanks for reminding me.

Originally Posted by typoo999

Why would you trust in Google's guy? This is how they manipulate you, what he talks is BS, don't listen to it!

Yes they are manipulative...I will agree with that.

Interesting thoughts so far - more maybes-and-take-him-with-a-grain-of-salt than anything else...just what I was thinking up till now.

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RedShifted

11 years ago

I'd rather listen to a spammer who has 10,000 sites on page 1 of google.

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thecableguy 11 years ago

Google and Matt Cutts are just trying to deliver what the searchers are looking for, without it Google would fall apart. The searchers would, followed by the advertisers and they wouldn't remain as the top searchengine for very long. He tells how to optimize your website for the SEARCHERS, not the searchengines.

If he was to tell "SEO experts" how to "game" the searchengines Google would die. Anybody remember how the Big 8 (infoseek, altavista, hotbot, etc.) used to rule the searchengines back in the late 90's? This upstart called Google came along providing more relevant search results with better technology and thus destroying the Big 8.

If Matt Cutts gave tips to game the searchengines it would destroy Google. His tips optimizes for the people doing the searches and is really good advice at times, but you also need to read between the lines. If you try to "trick" your way to the top yeah he's the enemy, but as far as listening to him I do, but I don't take everything he says as gospel.

On another note my Matt Cutts voodoo doll is getting a little worn out (I lost count) anyone knows where I can get one that yelps and screams when I stick the pins in? Oh yeah and doesn't break when you throw it against the wall?
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bluecoyotemedia

11 years ago

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I always listen to what Matt Cutts sais since he is a huge source of information

and then I do exactly the opposite of what he states.

Originally Posted by expresswriters

Is he Google's poster child...

Or is all he says the deep-seated truth of SEO?

Honestly, I would like to know. I commonly reference him in my monthly copywriting newsletter, sent to 400+ of my subscribers. Sadly, it's just because I know they like to hear him...but it's always just a reference and not "A Rule To Abide By".

Your thoughts??

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smodha

11 years ago

Originally Posted by bluecoyotemedia

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I always listen to what Matt Cutts sais since he is a huge source of information

and then I do exactly the opposite of what he states.

Buffet - "When I see the crowd walking towards me, I stop, and walk in the opposite direction".

Apple - "Think different".

Surefire way to success...

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SEO Haven

11 years ago

To ignore Matt Cutts is not a very smart thing to do, especially if you're in the SEO business. That's like saying, "yeah it's his job and it's mostly what he does all day every day, but what does he know?"

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trade4861

11 years ago

Matt says, “write good content” or “write for the users experience.” Garbage! Fact is, writing good content or writing for the users experience is never enough! You must manipulate content to get big traffic. He doesn’t tell you that, and thats why Google’s algorithm is a secret. People would be raving mad if they knew the truth.
Tell me this, how can you write good content for readers if the one evaluating it is a robot that reads on a six grade level...at best? He lies, maybe not always, but even one lie... makes him a lier.

Theres one great article on a news network where its obvious they wrote for search engines. I’m not going to mention which article it is, but I know Matt has read it before! He probably even giggled over it.

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Karan Rawat

11 years ago

@Mattcutts Well, Everything is in control of him, and by the way he is the head of the webspam team at Google. So who will not follow him, and yes he is the poster Child of Google..!

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gearmonkey

11 years ago

I consider Matt Cutts a puppet controlled by Google to scare people. He contradicts himself a lot and sends mixed messages. He's the mouth for Google's propaganda. As a person, I like him. He seems like a nerd that doesn't know how to form his own opinion and is more of a 'follower' type guy. I would drink a beer with him, but I doubt he drinks beer. He looks like he prefers Red Bull and V8. Lol

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Karan Rawat

11 years ago

Originally Posted by gearmonkey

I consider Matt Cutts a puppet controlled by Google to scare people. He contradicts himself a lot and sends mixed messages. He's the mouth for Google's propaganda. As a person, I like him. He seems like a nerd that doesn't know how to form his own opinion and is more of a 'follower' type guy. I would drink a beer with him, but I doubt he drinks beer. He looks like he prefers Red Bull and V8. Lol

lolz, ... ! But i think he drinks coke because it is pure..!

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expresswriters

11 years ago

Originally Posted by RedShifted

I'd rather listen to a spammer who has 10,000 sites on page 1 of google.

Maybe he knows his stuff, or maybe he is misleading us into believing he does?

Originally Posted by thecableguy

Google and Matt Cutts are just trying to deliver what the searchers are looking for, without it Google would fall apart. The searchers would, followed by the advertisers and they wouldn't remain as the top searchengine for very long. He tells how to optimize your website for the SEARCHERS, not the searchengines.

If Matt Cutts gave tips to game the searchengines it would destroy Google. His tips optimizes for the people doing the searches and is really good advice at times, but you also need to read between the lines. If you try to "trick" your way to the top yeah he's the enemy, but as far as listening to him I do, but I don't take everything he says as gospel.

On another note my Matt Cutts voodoo doll is getting a little worn out (I lost count) anyone knows where I can get one that yelps and screams when I stick the pins in?

Oh yeah and doesn't break when you throw it against the wall?

Yes! Cutts is their poster child...and I love the voodoo doll reference, ahaha.

Originally Posted by bluecoyotemedia

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I always listen to what Matt Cutts sais since he is a huge source of information

and then I do exactly the opposite of what he states.

Wow. I wouldn't do the entire opposite, do you literally do the opposite? Some of what he says about content is actually true. But then again some of it is lies. Hmmm.

Originally Posted by smodha

Buffet - "When I see the crowd walking towards me, I stop, and walk in the opposite direction".

Apple - "Think different".

Surefire way to success...

Good point there.

Originally Posted by SEO Haven

To ignore Matt Cutts is not a very smart thing to do, especially if you're in the SEO business. That's like saying, "yeah it's his job and it's mostly what he does all day every day, but what does he know?"

Yeah, you certainly can't ignore him. LOL

Originally Posted by trade4861

Matt says, "write good content" or "write for the users experience." Garbage! Fact is, writing good content or writing for the users experience is never enough! You must manipulate content to get big traffic. He doesn't tell you that, and thats why Google's algorithm is a secret. People would be raving mad if they knew the truth.
Tell me this, how can you write good content for readers if the one evaluating it is a robot that reads on a six grade level...at best? He lies, maybe not always, but even one lie... makes him a lier.

Theres one great article on a news network where its obvious they wrote for search engines. I'm not going to mention which article it is, but I know Matt has read it before! He probably even giggled over it.

Manipulation...ahh yes. A trait of Google might I add. (While their CPC earnings rise...)

Originally Posted by YellowGreenMedia

I take everything he says with a truck of sold, cus most of the stuff he has been feeding is isn't true or partly true... don't belief me, fine do your own testing instead of following propaganda boy.

Get a .info domain, create a article and change about 4% of the content (tip use city names) and blast the new domain with poor links and see if it ranks and if it stays there.

I have multiple .info domains with 92% dup Dutch content (on the same domain mind you) and blasted with only crappy scrapebox/SB Bomber/Sick Submitter links... now funny thing is: they have stand the whole zoo of updates and ranking well for great local keywords.

According to your trusted friend Matt; This isn't possible..... But it is... How strange...

Don't belief me Paul? PM me and i will show you one of my domains to proof taht Matt is full of it. Seriously no agenda here...

Interesting points there. Looks like you did your own test, and it was thorough enough IMO.

Originally Posted by Karan Rawat

@Mattcutts Well, Everything is in control of him, and by the way he is the head of the webspam team at Google. So who will not follow him, and yes he is the poster Child of Google..!

I think he thinks he's cool.

Originally Posted by gearmonkey

I consider Matt Cutts a puppet controlled by Google to scare people. He contradicts himself a lot and sends mixed messages. He's the mouth for Google's propaganda. As a person, I like him. He seems like a nerd that doesn't know how to form his own opinion and is more of a 'follower' type guy. I would drink a beer with him, but I doubt he drinks beer. He looks like he prefers Red Bull and V8. Lol

Where's the other post about the voodoo doll? But I see love and hate here. LOL, he is all wired up on many occasions, I agree on the Red Bull observation.

Did you see his latest post? It's what he learned spending time away from the web and email. His 30 day no internet period. Interesting. I wonder if he lost a substantial Google paycheck, or if they propagated that one in another manipulative move?

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Google and if it weren't for them ranking wouldn't be "in" and my clients wouldn't order...I just think they could be structured a bit better.

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