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PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox

Posted on: December 11th, 2007 | 54 Comments

WebProNews catches up with the Head of Google’s Webspam Team and Software Engineer, Matt Cutts and the Features Editor of Search Engine Land, Vanessa Fox at PubCon 2007 in Las Vegas. The interview spans a number of topics from two of the top names in the field. Both discuss page rank reduction, site hacking and how you can stop it. They also talk about subdomain changes, especially related to Google. Fox tells us about her current endeavors and what she looks forward too in her career. Cutts and Fox talk about the changes in WebMasterTools as well and how they are expanding to different languages all over the world. For all of the details of the interview, check out the video right here on WebProNews.

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54 Comments on “PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox”

  1. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  2. Jay says:

    Great information

  3. Is there a way to locate someone locally to try this?

  4. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  5. crazyzoid says:

    WOW..

    thank you for providing us that vdeo…that was so very informative

  6. I think it is good that google made the change. What if you have a big site in the
    home improvement industry dominating the whole page of google results for garage remodeling in Dallas?
    That wouldn’t be fair.

  7. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  8. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  9. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  10. renantech says:

    This is great.. I need to know more about what they called link bait can you give me an idea what link bait is? just post your reply on my site http://renantech.com thanks.

  11. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  12. shopping says:

    It would be interesting to know how effective Google really is in producing results of sites that are not in the English language. I mean, with regards to their algorithm changing (to take into account relevance, quality of writing etc.) they would have to get language experts in if they want to be the premier search engine for countries that speak different languages (like China, Europe, etc.) It may be that they’re just as good as they are in English speaking countries.

  13. frank burns says:

    I think every business has to value & uphold certain rules that apply to itself to protect it’s main source. Giving PR to the highest who fit the right group is admirable, reducing their worth is less favorable given the man hours involved. For paid links, why buy them when Google virtually gives them to you if you honor their system?

  14. Codestream says:

    Building page rank the old fashion way with us means busting your butt on multiple levels… Never paid for links and never will…

  15. Nova says:

    That’s kinda cool, in some ways.

    Structurally I always felt a subdomain looked better for a link directory on your site, using the top domain as your reciprocal link base.

    Now that Google have knocked that off the chart, will the other big guns follow suit?

  16. It’s nice that you offered a download link for viewing off-line.
    Is there any way to download the transcript also?

  17. [...] you watch Mike McDonald’s video interview with Vanessa Fox and Matt Cutts at the PubCon there’s an interesting discussion about the Geo Targeting tool. Here’s the two most [...]

  18. Page rank reduction by goole was mean, Moreover, online businesses struggle today to get more traffic to their sites, so they can make more revenue. People Hire Search engine optimization companies to boost their rankings. Bigger companies try to do self (SEO)or as it’s called in house (SEO) TO have better rankings. People todyay don’t understand that efficient and effective search engine optimization requires a lot of man power, and good skills. In stead they can outsource these services to others like Better Rrankings they are more knowledgable and more experienced than any in house (SEO) for more information visit their site, it will tell you more

  19. [...] week at WebmasterWorld’s PubCon show in Las Vegas, Google’s Matt Cutts explained to WepProNews some changes Google has made to its algorithm to decrease the number of listings from the same [...]

  20. [...] It is now also possible to select the geographic location using Google’s Webmaster Tools. But for now only full sites can be geolocated, not individual folders, although that is promissed for the near future, as was assured by Matt Cutts in this interview. [...]

  21. [...] they have devalued paid links. Here is the interview I watched where Mr. Cutts spills the beans: PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox

  22. [...] по темата с коментари web pro news + интервюто с Matt Cutts и Vanessa Fox в аудио файл Matt explains how paid [...]

  23. [...] the tail end of PubCon, I sat down to chat with Mike McDonald and Vanessa Fox. Mike also covered a few high points of the [...]

  24. Me think Matt could drop 30 kilogs or so, and Vanessa can drop 15 kilogs or so…:)

    Enterpaniuor in Resedence? Sounds like working for free, unless she is a VC…

    Please, duplicate bits and bytes! Enough B.S. Google is not the Internet life goes on…

    Vanessa hang it up, you are not a Googler anymore, so stop being their Mouth piece!

    Dr. Evil – Matt Cutts from EvilGoogle

  25. [...] Subdomains und Unterordnern angekündigt, relativiert er sie auch schon wieder. Dazu auch ein interessantes Video gemeinsam mit Vanessa Fox von der PubCon in Las [...]

  26. Jawed Iqbal says:

    Google is becoming more like microsoft…they ruin one’s PCC campaigns in an instant which take weeks and months to create.

    International Forums

  27. Mitesh Patel says:

    Its really very usfull…

    Thanks.

  28. [...] week at WebmasterWorld’s PubCon show in Las Vegas, Google’s Matt Cutts explained to WepProNews some changes Google has made to its algorithm to decrease the number of listings from the same [...]

  29. [...] ability to pass pagerank. Can it be lost? Listen to the WPW video PubCon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox

  30. [...] and PR drops were a hot topic at Pubcon Las Vegas last week. We talked to Matt Cutts about it in a video interview, and he explained it quite [...]

  31. Phil says:

    Matt Cutts always talks as if commercial competition is not even a factor in the equation. Dude, sure information retrieval is number one, but who’s gonna have the most relevant information about a topic if 200 different sources say the exact same thing? who gets the income?

  32. [...] Here is the Video of Matt Cutts Google representative discussing how selling links can cause you to lose your page rank. [...]

  33. [...] Cutts talks about the recent slap for sites that sell links… Pubcon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox __________________ Get The December Deal – 14 HOT Products with Resell Rights for [...]

  34. [...] to change the way they handle content on subdomains. You can find our video interview on the WebProNews Video blog [...]

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  36. [...] out this video in which Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox talks about Google PR, subdomains and Google Webmaster [...]

  37. Great interview. Seems like big brother is putting the hammer down on paid links. Thanks for the video.

  38. [...] For all of the details of the interview, Watch the Matt Cutts Video [...]

  39. admin says:

    We had some issues with our wireless lav mikes that afternoon… so we had to improvise.

  40. Maurice says:

    using 1 mic per interviewee would help and maybe ones with a tighter pattern the background noise is a bit intrusive

  41. jutt says:

    thanks for the vid.

  42. Nacho says:

    Always good to whatch this type of video. Espcecially interesting the part of subdomains and different languages.

  43. [...] McDonald of WebProNews conducted a video interview with Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox, our Features Editor. I highly recommend you watch the 15 [...]

  44. [...] We asked Matt if there was a preference or order of importance ascribed to domains vs. subdomains – in other words would Google tend to return one over the other in the results. He told us plainly that there is no algorithmic preference to subdomains vs. domains, so they are treated as equally relevant. Matt’s personal preference in this regard would be subdirectories over subdomains because he finds them more "convenient". Subdomains however, are useful he admits for separating dramatically different sections of a site — for example, mail.google.com or videos.webpronews.com. [...]

  45. [...] Matt Cutts and I talked with Mike McDonald from WebProNews while at the pub. Syzlak, is this what you meant by mom and dad getting back together? [...]

  46. Kerry Kobashi says:

    Nice job guys.

  47. Red Paul says:

    Great to hear some insight right from the horse’s mouth. Matt & Vannessa together – great!

  48. Matthew says:

    Really interesting video and you managed it well; thanks for providing us with some great insight into these brilliant minds.

  49. Marin Agent says:

    Great info as always. David Carruso is a Googler? Love it.

  50. Hi-Tech-It says:

    It makes sense as they don’t really want people passing on Page Rank on the back of a link. If their is not editor to look at the domain then what is the difference between a link farm and any other site that sells links?

  51. [...] across a great video with Matt Cutts of Google and Vanessa Fox – formerly of Google, now trying out the Hobo Life – [...]

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