Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts
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Cutts in 2008
Born
Matthew Cutts

1972 or 1973 (age 51–52)[1]
Alma mater
OccupationProgrammer
Known forSafeSearch, Google's family filter, Webspam Team
Spouse
Cindy Cutts
(m. 2000; died 2018)
[2]
Administrator of the United States Digital Service
In office
2016 – April 2021
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMikey Dickerson
Succeeded byMina Hsiang

Matthew Cutts (born 1972 or 1973)[1] is an American software engineer. Cutts is the former Administrator of the United States Digital Service.[3] He was first appointed as acting administrator, to later be confirmed as full administrator in October 2018.[4] Cutts previously worked with Google as part of the search quality team on search engine optimization issues.[5][6] He is the former head of the web spam team at Google.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Matt Cutts: The Greenspan of Google". Bloomberg Businessweek. March 17, 2011. Matt Cutts, the 38-year-old
  2. ^ "Meet the Obama Appointee the Trump Administration Loves - Washingtonian". October 21, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Cutts, Matt (April 14, 2021). "The Next Chapter for USDS". U.S. Digital Service Blog. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Matt Cutts gets the official nod for top spot at USDS". FedScoop. October 22, 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cutts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Ward, Mark (June 8, 2004). "Inside the Google search machine". BBC News Online. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
  7. ^ "Google Has New Head Of Web Spam But Won't Be The "New Matt Cutts"". Search Engine Land. May 22, 2015. Matt Cutts remains on leave, but Search Engine Land can report that Google does have someone new in his position of head of web spam fighting.