Matt Cutts on the move, or April Fools prank?

[Kelowna]

Globe Runner is pleased to welcome our latest employee, Matt Cutts, as Director of Search. Mr. Cutts, a well-known authority in Search and former head of Google’s Web Spam team, will join Globe Runner effective April 1, 2015.

https://globerunner.com/globe-runner-welcomes-matt-cutts-as-director-search/

 

[RalphySeo]

Matt Cutts worked on his Ph.D. in computer graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

LOOOOL

 

[vgeek]

They updated the team page and added a profile page, so the joke is on more than just one page. They kind of jumped the gun on releasing it, though?

 

[PatrickStar]

So, this suppose to be funny? Like April Fools funny?

 

[TheRedBaron]

 

[chatmasta]

He sure knows a lot of secrets. I wonder if Google gives him some incentive to sign a non-compete if he ever leaves.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

The real joke comes in a few weeks when they roll out their penalty for non-responsive sites.

 

[vgeek]

The real joke comes in a few weeks when they roll out their penalty for non-responsive sites.

Isn't the bridge-page update supposed to come before the mobile update?

Google's earnings haven't been impressive, so I'd expect a shitstorm to happen organically to push more SMBs to AdWords.

The QS "bug" noticed on Friday could be a clue as to what Google is up to? Artificially lower QS to increase CPCs/CPMs? I'm suspicious because one account's brand term campaign's CPC are up 50% YTD YoY, while CTRs for said campaign are up 30%. Same competitors as always, but impression share is also down. Mid 5 figure annual spend on just the brand campaign, so it is fairly significant.

 

[Red_Virus]

and it's all over the web. If it turns out to be a joke then Globerunner still wins with all the free publicity, why would he leave Google to join an agency!

 

[SirKonstantine]

impossible. He probably signed something against that.

 

[Kelowna]

ya turned out to be fake

 

[Dwight Schrute]

 

[-joe-]

Always make sure your SSL certificate's not about to expire before pulling a PR stunt.

 

[Yo Adrian]

The real joke comes in a few weeks when they roll out their penalty for non-responsive sites.

Now that they've announced that responsive sites will carry no ranking advantage over non-responsive, a non-responsive penalty later in the year would be hilarious... yet not entirely surprising

 

[onlinehustla]

Now that they've announced that responsive sites will carry no ranking advantage over non-responsive, a non-responsive penalty later in the year would be hilarious... yet not entirely surprising

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