Google's Matt Cutts Talks State of the Index

February 19, 2009

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Googles Matt Cutts Talks State of the Index

You may recall a little over a month ago Matt Cutts from Google's Search Quality Team started then with a video based on his "Preventing Virtual Blight" presentation from the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco from November. He also provided his presentation slides.

Now Cutts has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_WcOH9kos0

when he posted the first video</a>, a lot of people are going to be appreciative that Cutts is posting his presentations. Quite honestly, most speakers at industry conferences would be wise to follow suit and include their own presentations on their respective sites/blogs. <br /> <br /> If the content was good enough for a presentation in front of a live audience, chances are there is enough valuable information in it that it can benefit visitors to your site/blog. 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