This week we sit down with Matt Cutts, the former head of Google’s Webspam team. His job there was to defend the quality of Google’s web search results, and you may know him as the creator of the first version of SafeSearch. As Paul noted on the show, he was seen as one of the few people with whom ordinary folks could communicate about the often inscrutable world of Google search results and rankings. You can read his blog here.
In 2016 Matt joined the United Stated Digital Services, or USDS, initially at the Department of Defense. Since 2017, Matt has served as the Administrator …