Matt Cutts Blog

• It’s time to stop PROTECT IP
  [18 Jan 12, 12:47pm] A couple months ago, I wrote this about SOPA: SOPA galvanized the tech community, from start-ups to venture capitalists to the largest web companies. SOPA was an unexpected shock and a wake-up call. Well, guess what? Now the internet is awake. And I…
• Sharing a search story
  [11 Jan 12, 8:20am] I’ve been reading a lot of the coverage of the Search plus Your World launch and I wanted to share my story and then clarify something. I love to stay up until early in the morning playing Werewolf. In early December I went to a journalism conferen…
• Larry Lessig on the corrupting influence of money
  [13 Dec 11, 9:37pm] Larry Lessig has a new book called Republic, Lost which discusses the corrupting influence of money on politics. I would highly recommend the book, because it gets to the heart of why things so many things in Washington, D.C. seem broken today and ho…
• Beware of fake Matts leaving comments
  [12 Dec 11, 1:20am] A lot of the time, I dispel misconceptions by leaving comments on blogs. That works great, except for the rare occasion when someone pretends to be me and leaves a rude, fake, or otherwise untrue blog comment. Over the previous decade, I’ve…
• Progress against SOPA
  [21 Nov 11, 4:01pm] When I did my blog post about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) last week, things looked quite grim. The fight isn’t over, but there’s been a lot of great developments in the last few days. If you’re not familiar with SO…
• I need your help–please. Call your congressperson?
  [16 Nov 11, 4:10pm] (This is post is my personal opinion.) Normally I don’t like to ask people for help, but I could really use your assistance. If you’ve ever watched one of my webmaster videos, or if I’ve responded to you on Twitter, emai…
• Grow a moustache and fight cancer!
  [1 Nov 11, 6:16pm] For my next 30 day challenge, I’ll be growing a mustache to raise awareness and money for men’s health issues, and specifically prostate cancer research. Men of search and SEO, please join our team. You can raise awareness, or rai…
• Halloween costume: stickman from xkcd
  [31 Oct 11, 5:16pm] For Halloween this year I asked people on Google+ what I should be for Halloween, and someone suggested going as the blackhat stick man from xkcd. You know, this guy: That sounded like a good challenge. I finished the costume and taped a video, but u…
• Halloween Pumpkin: Portal Turret!
  [24 Oct 11, 3:26pm] I made a Portal turret for my Halloween pumpkin! I was trying to think of things to carve: vampire Android? R2-D2? Zoidberg? Then I thought: I could do a character from Portal 2! I was going to carve something like GLaDOS or Wheatley, but then I real…
• New 30 day challenge: going vegan!
  [2 Oct 11, 5:58am] Okay, I’m starting up a new 30 day challenge: I’m going to eat vegan for the next 30 days. That means no meat, dairy, or eggs. I’m curious to see how it will go.