Matt Cutts
Software engineer; led Google's webspam team, then ran the US Digital Service.
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- Matt Cutts is an American software engineer.
- He joined Google in January 2000, designed its SafeSearch filter and later headed the webspam team.
- He handed in his notice to Google on 31 December 2016 to join the United States Digital Service.
- He was confirmed as its administrator in October 2018.
Key facts
- Born
- 1972 or 19731
- January 2000 to December 2016; head of the webspam team1
- US Digital Service
- Announced in January 2017 that he was joining; acting administrator, then confirmed as administrator in October 20181
- Education
- B.S., University of Kentucky, 1995; M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 19981
Roles
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Part of until Dec 2016
Google (software engineer, designed SafeSearch, head of the webspam team; January 2000 to December 2016) source on Google
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