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Business Consulting For The 21st Century Via A Holistic & Intelligent Approach

Monday

15 August

2011

5.33p

The man. The myth. The Cutts.

Consumed => “Interview: Matt Cutts, Head of Google’s Web Spam Team” on On The Media (via NPR).

http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/aug/12/matt-cutts-googles-web-spam-team

I have a colleague who swears that a certain percentage of what Cutts spews out is misinformation. Regardless, when Google’s Matt Cutts speaks, people listen. They have to.

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The man. The myth. The Cutts.

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About Mark Simchock

Testimonials

Links

On Call - The links I'm most likely to reach for the most often.

Clients - Present as well as past. Direct as well as indirect.

Websites - Completed projects as well as beta and alpha projects.

Business - Sources and resources that are less techie/design and more traditional in scope.

Technology - Business and life as seen through the eyes of ones and zeros.

Marketing - Connecting with and inspiring the less objective side of the brain in order to create and communicate.

Tool & Resources - Direct links to sites and brands that often have been mentioned here.

News & Current Events - Appreciation for the fact that business exists within the context of a much bigger picture.

My Faves - The ones I like for both personal and professional reasons.