Halloween 2007: LOLCat
This picture pretty much says it all:
The T-shirt is hand-made with an iron-on. The only thing you’re not seeing is my tail in the back, and the back of the shirt says “K THX BYE.” 
If you don’t spend all your time on the internet, you can find out more about LOLCats here.
Lew Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 12:49 pm
Matt,
Now that is a sight! You should have worn that during the “are paid links evil session” and maybe Greg and those guys would have taken you more seriously! lol
John A. Davis Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
Man your big on yourself. I guess maybe what is what a blog is for.
Chris Bartow Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:18 pm
That’s dedication to a holiday. It competes, maybe even beats, Brad’s Facebook Outfit.
http://brad.livejournal.com/2345245.html
Tanner Christensen Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Wow Matt, you’ve really outdone yourself this year. Did you do the face paint yourself?
Francois Faubert Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
Not many nerds can get away with that kind of costume!
Matt Cutts Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
John A. Davis, I pretty much always do a Halloween post in case people are interested.
Chris, I think the Facebook outfit was a really creative idea.
Peter (IMC) Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
I’m so glad we don’t have Halloween here.
I remember one time we were invited to a halloween party at the house of an American living in Amsterdam. It was clear who were Dutch and who were Americans. The americans were all looking like that picture above while the Dutch really just tried to do as little as possible.
Cultural differences are fun!
On the other hand, in the south half o holland, Carnaval is used to look like the picture above. I remember once I went partying dressed as a chinese in a kimono, with a yellow face and my hair painted black. 3 days of carnaval was a lot of fun. Though it was also freaking cold wearing just a kimono. (Temperatures were below freezing and in Holland, carnaval means going from bar to bar, so basically you are outside most of the time.) It was actually 4 of us dressed liked that.
Oh well,. that was a long time ago..
Now I live in Brazil, and carnaval is done a bit different here. But also no halloween here.
What you do for carnaval in the US, Matt?
martinsc Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
that kinda reminds me of this guy that might be also in on of my top costumes - a youtube video page http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/omg_awesome_party_guy_vid_youtube_page_halloween_costume_7931.asp
Dan Bowling Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
Oh my god! That is so creative. How many people knew what it was?
mark Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
lol.
I’ll leave it at that.
Sasa Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
Matt I don’t know how to say this, I don’t know if I can say it in any different way then I will, but that is LAME!
Bruce Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
Wow! So what was the inspiration?
Danny Sullivan Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
To quote Matt Cutts: “My eyes! It burns!!”
Rebecca Kelley Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
So…are you a Furry for Halloween, or is that just your typical Wednesday night getup?
* Miss Universe Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Can the rest of the readers embed JPGs or PNGs in the posts. It would be cool
http://www.google.com/logos/halloween07.gif
Joel Lesser Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
now that is slightly disturbing… what does Frank and Ozzie thing of your outfit??
Jonathan Dingman Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Need I say more when I say, “wow.”
Todd Emaus Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Holy crappy Matt, thats hilarious…
Unfortunately at my work no one dresses up…boring!
Rahir Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
Hi Matt,
I want to be a cuckoo from France, I thought you liked not to be a cat, and I tell you ‘deep cats’, good evening Matt, delirium. See Ya
Matt Cutts Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
Bruce, I was out for a walk with my wife and we were brainstorming. I think it was her idea.
Danny, are you talking about when I commented on this picture:
Hee hee.
Hey, don’t make me call you Beck.
Joel, funny that you asked that. It really did freak Ozzy out a little bit. He’s not used to another alpha cat in the house. Emmy just slept right through everything, of course.
Dean Clatworthy Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
I actually lol’d Matt. What an awesome idea!
Michael Dorausch Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Curious to know if that cheeseburger was gotten while in costume or in preparation.
Best photo I’ve seen all day!
Rahir Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Matt looks like Willow everything nice! It happens to be not as a villain!
mercutiom Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
roflmao. Love it, way to meme it out there.
Rahir Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Here Matt Cutts :
http://www.mattcutts.com/images/inigo1.jpg
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/doll98c76ac7-s.gif
Lee Odden Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
Classic. Did you actually eat the McD cheeseburger or did you walk around with it all night?
Jan Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
Oh My…I am in LOVE…:-)
As a lifelong cat lover, I always thought Vincent, in the tv series Beauty and the Beast was the sexiest thing ever. But Matt, you’ve got him beat….and my little calico girl Baby is having a hissy fit…:-)
Jan
Dale Hay Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 10:44 pm
Oh my goodness.
I didn’t celebrate Halloween.. I’m too old now.
Gunjan Pandya Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
Great Idea!! Happy Halloween.
sachin Said,
October 31, 2007 @ 11:58 pm
Looking cool in that picture
by the way icanhascheezburger.com cool site , i think you inspired from this
Dr. David Klein Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 12:24 am
Halloween just rocks.
Matt have a look at my blog for today if you have a second.
Your nose looks like it took some serious time. I really wish more people jumped into Halloween in the U.S. more. Holidays are an excellent excuse for total stupidity, everything from costumes, to shooting flammable objects in the sky, and cutting down trees and covering them with lights!
I’m looking forward to Festivus! Does it fall during Pubcon this year?
dk
bob rains Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 2:05 am
At this point I’ve looked at this picture in at least 11 stages of drunk, I’m talking like on the razors edge, edge, like an new razor that shaves so close it’s like 5 rotating blades of drunk, and it still creeps me out.
In all seriousness please let my wife make your costume next year. If she can make me look “cute” as a pink unicorn, just think of what she could do with those adorable cheeks.
Robin Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 2:55 am
And thus the obvious pun of LOLcutts was born
VidiMonkey Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 3:04 am
Ok now that’s scary, I’m going to have nightmares. Well I was thinking something more along these lines:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/975/nowthatuo6.gif
printout + backed on cardboard like one of those press signs.
Harith Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 5:02 am
Avoiding duplicate contents filter
———————–
Matt,
So you decided to “try” to look like my good friend Ozzie . Fair enough… but pls don’t forget to pay him the due Royalty Fees
Btw, I though you are a “Happy-Meal-Enthusiast” not a Cheezburger consumer
Harith Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 5:43 am
test….
azuka Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 6:38 am
Huh? a cat? It’s… funny. But It’s not creepy. Well, a cat with a MD cheeseburger… maybe is terrifying… for a dog on diet. =P
miaaaaauuuuu
azuka Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 6:42 am
Awwww… the cat site is so CUTE! I love the ? pic… xD
Carolyn Grantham Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 7:41 am
Strangely … attracted … Must … look … away …
Lani Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 7:56 am
I’m finding Danny’s photo a bit disturbing
OnlyMe Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 8:33 am
I’m finding Danny’s photo quite sexy!
Sorry Matt hope you forgive.
Dan Horton Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 8:44 am
What can I say Matt..but nice T SHIRT ;)))
Dan Horton
netmeg Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 9:08 am
GACK!
Even my Kitty says GACK!
http://www.netmeg.org/Cat/gack.jpg
Cimmeron Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 9:31 am
I think I’m in love…no seriously, that picture made me question if google had finally gotten to your brain, but then the LOLCATS web site made it all clear.
Remo Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Great costume, never saw the site before but it inspired me to make this
http://www.thecheezburgerfactory.com/completestore/IizinurGogol128384112120051027.jpg
Danny Sullivan Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 10:42 am
Heh — my eyes, they burnz twices!
Matt Cutts Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 10:47 am
Lee Odden, I walked around with it. By the end of the day, it wasn’t very appealing to eat anymore.
blackcatseo — I love it, Remo.
Thom Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 11:13 am
Matt, are you gay? You look kinda gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I’m just saying. You know the cats made up as cats in Cats look like male cats and the kittens made up as cats in Cats look… well, hot. You just look kinda kittenish in that effeminate human male dressed as a girly cat kinda way. Again, I’m just saying.
Remo Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
@Matt - only bad thing is now I wish I had the domain
Sherri Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 1:41 pm
Oh my gosh, Matt…you are wayyy more handsome than I envisioned. I’m grinning at your picture but my dog is baring his teeth!!
Convent Station Guy Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 2:04 pm
OK, you could have looked a little happier about having all that makup on. hehe
Catfish Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
Hey Matt,
That’s a pretty good makeup job you got going there..lol. Your ready for broadway now bro.
Hey but I got a question for ya! How do I get you or Adam Lasnik to come speak at our Internet Marketing Conference here in San Diego in February? It’s http://www.onlinemarketingsummit.com . We will be hosting about 400 Internet marketing professionals from a lot of very big companies and we would love to have a Google representative there to talk about duplicate content issues or a number of other topics. So far I can’t figure out who to contact in Google to arrange something. Could you please help? Thanks man.
Catfish
Good to see you at SES San Jose, sorry I didn’t have time to finish our conversation about making supplemental results visible in the Web Master Tools. But I still want you guys to do it!!!
Nick - I think the original Nick here. Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Wow. that’s one creepy photo. Nice makeup work though. Must have taken you hours.
rob Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
Great picture Matt, it’s on my dartboard
Great pic though, you look very different!
Hannes Johnson Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 4:29 pm
hahaha… (pause to breathe) …hahahaha.
Best. Costume. Ever.
Seeing you face-painted as a cat was funny enough but then I scrolled down and saw “I Can Has Cheezburger?” - brilliant!
LOLcaption: “I iz takn self-purrtrait. I iz a purrty kat”
Marc Rasmussen Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
Matt,
What happened to the goatee?
Omar Yesid Mariño Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 6:47 pm
Hehehe..! Now, I understand. From now on, you will be playing cat and mouse. You are the cat and the link sellers are mice.
luxury bedding Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
I hope this does not reflect the future of google
Matt Cutts Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 8:18 pm
Marc Rasmussen, the goatee had to go for the makeup to look right. It’ll grow back in a few days.
Lisa Said,
November 1, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
MEEEOOOWWW!!!
*drops jaw*
*drops laptop*
*grabs laptop*
*stares in disbelief*
*switches tab as hubby walks by*
*regathers composure 24 hours later*
To quote The Q, you are much better looking without the beard.
Harith Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 12:33 am
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt,
I’m unable to post. You might need to rewrite those spam filters
Cle` Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 6:28 am
That’s a funny LOLcatz =)
Dịch Vụ Quảng Bá Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 8:41 am
Matt,
My son was 4 year old and said that you look like a cat. hahahaha…..
Nongpoom Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 9:09 am
Really cool big cat.
Hollywood Celebrity Pictures Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
hammmmmmmmmmmm !
nice to see you in such diffrent look, its seems u still have child matt within you, LOL
SEOidiot Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
Thats probably the most disturbing post i have seen in a while
adriana - Learn English Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
wow, very nice - i love how you actually have a cheeseburger, although i think it would have made more sense without one, but that’s just me
Linda Bustos Said,
November 2, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Oh Hai! That LOLCutts pickture iz best costume I’z seens on the Internets. OK BAI!
Marcia Said,
November 3, 2007 @ 7:20 am
Mr C, very skillful use of eyeliner. Who did your eye makeup?
Nicolás Said,
November 3, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
First at all, the spam protection it’s hard … i just make a mistake a few times.
This is my first time here!!!! (On my country we say.. “There is a first time for everything”), it’s ok ..
The second thing i saw is that you do not want nothing about “Webmasters”, so i will forget my stupid question
¿Is google a AI Software?
There is no answer for it on google webmasters ..
Ok send me 2 cheezburger to Argentina, i will love it
And thanks google for the wonderfull work he does (For me google is not a program is a person ..)
Oh i forgot… Google is not making a good job, he just let my PR on 3 ¬¬ fu***
nishu Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 3:13 am
Matt,
Pretty good make up.. But really it never lived up to impression of lolcats on icanhascheezburger?. You could have tried to observe behavior of cats for a longer time.
BTW T-shirt is lovely.
BlogMasterPg Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 4:18 am
In my Country ( Italy) Halloween is not a traditional fest. That year, in my town some english students made a fest on Halloween night, but, a poor female student , 22 years old was murder by unknow ‘ripper’ killer, as a sacrifice. all town think that is some satanic ritual: why? Why in ‘07 hppen these things? We’ll never know it. Sorry, my comment is not ‘in line’ of one fest, but some brutal ritual must to remember. Bye, to another better time. (and scuse for my bad english language); I’m an a new SEO fan…
Earl Allen Boek Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 7:58 am
You really got my attention. My cat freaked.
DBL Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 10:14 am
WTH happened to this blog? There used to be inside information about Google here.
spamhound Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
I must agree, that is a disturbing image
Marcia Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
For those of us who spend a lot of time on the internet, here’s a free online monitor cleaner
http://www.funpic.hu/swf/monitor_cleaner.swf
Judd Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 8:44 pm
Hey man,
While building our SEO business (from home) and training my right-hand man (my lovely wife), I’ve done my best to educate her on the Who’s Who of my take on Teh Intraweb (SEO-related).
Your name has come up many a time, from your various celebrity appearances, no doubt, but nothing can really drive it home like:
“See honey? He’s just a nerd blogging and being stupid, just like we do, and now LOOK… LOLCATS!”
She’s now a fan and may or may not chuck her knickers at you.
Smooches.
Thomas Said,
November 4, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
Very nice. I posted it at our pet social site.
Pratheep Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 2:45 am
Matt,
This cat is suppose to wear a specs, where is it?
Pratheep
数据恢复 Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 6:02 am
Lee Odden, I walked around with it. By the end of the day, it wasn’t very appealing to eat anymore.
blackcatseo — I love it, Remo.
Lisafer Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 8:01 am
Just my humble opinion, but I like the face (sans makeup) without the goatee. You might want to consult with The Missus, but you look better without it.
And I can’t wait to show this to my daughter, who *lives* for LOLcats - after I explain what a Matt Cutts is of course.
Harith Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 9:35 am
Hey LOLCat
I see backlinks update on GOOG’s DCs. Should we expect soon an update of PageRank of Google Toolbar?
Thanks a bunch.
Btw, haven’t you finished yet of that logistics thing?
Champi Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Cats.. oeff.. But nice done. Looks good.
Champi Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 10:17 am
@Peter (IMC)
Indeed.. i am from the south.. carnaval.. so is the word. Halloween is just a little party compared to dutch carnaval.
Alex Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 11:42 am
Yea I agree, this photo is sexy LOL ! :]
Proofreader Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 11:45 am
That is one scary costume! Course, who am I to talk…I was James Madison for halloween….everyone thought I was a pirate….argh.
Blue Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
haha That is so cute!
lory Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Nice pictures. Is that a cat or fox ?
It looks that it is “smile”.
msnchat Said,
November 5, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
lol now thats 1 cool cat
David Castle Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 3:18 am
Matt, Hi - I have a direct question to ask you.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=105728
Are you posting in that forum?
My reasons
I am a moderator at WebProWorld and the question about Google and paid Directories has raised its head.
1 - Would Google penanlise a site that has paid for inclusion in the Yahoo Directory?
2 - Will Google penanlise any ‘paid for link’ in a respected Directory such as JoeAnt?
Could you please start a thread on this so that I may put forward questions being asked within WPW?
Kind regards David
Niall Buchanan Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 5:11 am
Nice picture, but im curious did you carry that cheeseburger around with you all night?
Harith Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 6:03 am
David Castle
Matt wrote a very informative post related to paid links. You might find there answers for most of your questions:
How to report paid links - April 14, 2007
Nozomi Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 9:58 am
This is sick. Lolcats is a disease in the same family as splogs, mfas, zango, domain parking sites and paid links.
The “google ecology” around search, adsense and other forms of monetization can only pay about 10,000 sites globally enough money to make worthwhile content. The rest of us are left working for free or devising schemes to fill the web with junk content that costs nothing to make, i.e. lolcats
To celebrate lolcats is to celebrate the gradual death of the web, brought to you by Google.
Cotton Rohrscheib Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 10:25 am
I check in on your blog from time to time, just wanted to say nice job on the costume! You went all out!
Ace Said,
November 6, 2007 @ 10:55 am
hehe.. Cool halloween custome matt, you look fabulous.
Website Analyst Said,
November 7, 2007 @ 12:37 am
uuuh, ok I guess this may not be the right post or time to leave a comment like this…
but on the off chance that you happen to be reading 95 some comments and you come across this out…
Man, you’re Google videos are helpful and insightful. At least I’m able to put “talking head” to the things that matter the most to me and business as it relates to Google and the plethora of tools it offers.
That being said, I’m getting slammed with questions about Urchin 6, what are the benefits over GA and the general direction of Urchin6.
Would love to hear some stuff about that.
Thank you!
tobyism Said,
November 7, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
Matt, love your site and it is incredibly helpful.. but seriously.. post ANYTHING else so your costume isn’t the first thing I see when I come to visit!
Jeff McClendon Said,
November 7, 2007 @ 6:50 pm
hey matt, just wanted to let ya know nice pic, buddie…haha
Dave (The Other One) Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 3:54 am
Sweet post and a very cute pic if you’re into cats or lolcats (actually the picture looks more like a micky mouse than any cat I’ve evern seen.. I guess because I operate loldawgz.com. I’m more of a dog lover than a cat lover.
Jonathan Dingman Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 9:30 am
This one’s for you Matt
http://www.ginside.com/2007/1227/googlecat/
Niche Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Oh boy…..You look scary, matt!
Johnny Said,
November 8, 2007 @ 7:39 pm
It’s amazing to see what gets visited on the internet frequently.
MattCutt Quotes Said,
November 9, 2007 @ 12:45 am
I hear that phrase “talking head” a lot but what is it mean?
Steve Said,
November 9, 2007 @ 9:23 am
Those are some great pictures.
Sebastian Said,
November 9, 2007 @ 11:50 am
It’s photoshoped. For sure.
(Joking.
Looks pretty cool!)
spamhound Said,
November 9, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
You need to make another post to move this disturbing image from the being the first thing you see when you get to your site.
My eyes can only burn so many times…
Matt Cutts Said,
November 9, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
spamhound and tobyism, I just did a post so you don’t have to look at the picture any more. I added an extra few sentences just for you to push the picture down.
spamhound Said,
November 10, 2007 @ 10:01 am
Matt,
My eyes thank you
Bapes Said,
November 12, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
why orange? LOL
Skuteczny Marketing Said,
November 13, 2007 @ 2:43 am
Nice picture:):) “Best of the world since …”
Shyflower Said,
November 13, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
Mah kitteh sez - “He iz wai too sexy for iz shirt!”
Great picture Matt. Happy belated Halloween!
Arnab G Said,
November 15, 2007 @ 2:50 am
Hi Matt,
Cool cat look….thought would like to try a firefox one next time.
Jamila Said,
November 20, 2007 @ 5:56 am
Nice pic matt.
Kanal Açma Araçları Said,
March 5, 2008 @ 6:36 am
Wow Matt, you’ve really outdone yourself this year. Did you do the face paint yourself?