Light blogging

December 22, 2006

in Weblog/blog

My family arrived tonight from Kentucky to stay for the next several days, so the blogging will be verrrrrrry light for the rest of 2006.

{ 45 comments… read them below or add one }

Harith December 22, 2006 at 12:59 am

Matt

I guess it belongs to the category “light posting for the rest of 2006″ to say something about the latest data push. C’mon Matt..be generous :)

Peter Davis December 22, 2006 at 1:09 am

Have a Merry Christmas Matt (and everyone else reading this!)

SearcH EngineS WeB December 22, 2006 at 1:18 am

http://www.gabbly.com/www.mattcutts.com/blog

Perfect time for the Google Chat Room to get Going :-D

There are rumours of a holiday update on a couple of forums, also some noticed that their PR0s suddently turned to PR1s.

BTW: :-?
What is a PR1 – it appears that it is VERY rare to find one, most sites debut from 0 to 2.

Paul December 22, 2006 at 2:00 am

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year Matt & Family and one and all!

Teodor Filimon December 22, 2006 at 2:17 am

Hi Matt,

just wanted to say Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Teo.

David Thulin December 22, 2006 at 2:17 am

Merry christmas. Read you in 2007. /David

Mike Empuria December 22, 2006 at 2:44 am

Merry Christmas Matt to you and your family. Thanks for keeping us informed in 2006.

rxbbx December 22, 2006 at 2:55 am

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. 2007: New Videos? :)

Shadow1980 December 22, 2006 at 3:32 am

As opposed to Dark blogging? :-)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody.

Harith December 22, 2006 at 4:51 am

Matt

Here is a special SEO Merry Christmas Card :)

Mack December 22, 2006 at 5:26 am

Twas the week before Christmas and the search engines were slow, shoppers were searching for places to spend their dough.
With mom on her laptop and me on the pc, we knew that the family would be happy as could be.
On VISA, on MASTERCARD, on AMEX we spend, will this internet shopping spree ever come to an end.
Email accounts were totally ablaze, Credit Card companies wanting our limits to raise.
Overnight deliveries are now the only way, UPS and FedEx the dividends they will pay.
Now it’s all ordered and we have time to think, Oh what the heck I’m just going to have a drink.
We will get it all wrapped some how some way, And my wish for you is a wonderful Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas To All!

puchscooter December 22, 2006 at 6:06 am

Happy Holidays Matt and All!!!

Gman December 22, 2006 at 6:43 am

Have a merry christmas matt, dont worry about the blogging ;)

Erollins December 22, 2006 at 6:49 am

Happy Holidays!

Thanks for the informative and often entertaining blog, Matt!

Joergvader December 22, 2006 at 6:57 am

Have a nice Festivus Matt… enjoy yourself.

Karl December 22, 2006 at 7:54 am

Hi!

Merry Christmas I wish you all
and 2007 should be a better year 4 everyone!

Karl

ChrisB December 22, 2006 at 8:09 am

Matt & Adam.

Have a Very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2007.

We’re looking forward to your continued insights and guidance for 07.

Chris

Carfeu December 22, 2006 at 9:01 am

Merry christmas!

Champi December 22, 2006 at 9:54 am

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Stuart December 22, 2006 at 9:56 am

Merry christmas!

Michael Martinez December 22, 2006 at 10:05 am

Merry Christmas, Matt, and thank you for endorsing my complete explanation of the Google Ranking strat– oh, wait. Making such outrageous claims while you’re not online, able to shoot them down quickly, would be unethical.

May the Google Juice be with you!

Brian B December 22, 2006 at 10:06 am

Your family is from KY? What part? I just got into Louisville last night to visit mine. Will be here through New Years.

Suresh December 22, 2006 at 10:15 am

HI Matt
Happy Holiday. Thank you very much for your response from Pub Con, Google Team contacted me and corrected the error which I mentioned to you. Appreciate it and Keep up the Great Work. I have to blog about the response from Google and You
Suresh

skipfactor December 22, 2006 at 10:18 am

Happy Holidays Matt.

rumblepup December 22, 2006 at 10:19 am

Merry Christmas Matt.

I and some of the other Cuttlets have gotten together and granted you your requested time off. Enjoy the holidays and your family. You’ve given us plenty to do and think about in 06.

Come January 1st, you are required to give us new and exciting stuff. A breakdown of the algo would be most appreciated.

Oh, you can’t really do that? Ok, well…just give us the scoops as you’ve been doing. Thank you for all your communications during 06. Thank you for all your help. Thank you for the insights and thank you for the effort.

Us little guys keep listening.

Lester December 22, 2006 at 10:26 am

Enjoy the family visit over the holidays but if the family turns out to be in-laws well… you can always come back here to visit with us again.

Nick - I think the original Nick here. December 22, 2006 at 10:28 am

Merry Christmas Matt. All the best to you and your family in the coming year. Thank you for all the great information in 2006.

Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone else here also. Good luck to all.

Michelle Crofts December 22, 2006 at 11:03 am

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thanks for all the SEO info during 2006 – I’ve learnt such a lot from reading your posts. Looking forward to learning more from you in 2007. Keep up the great work!

JLH December 22, 2006 at 11:45 am

What’s this stuff about blogging about lights? I thought it was Gadgets, Google and SEO?

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year.

Confused in MN…

Russell December 22, 2006 at 12:16 pm

Dear Matt
Thank you for all the valuable information you gave us this year, I am sure many folks apprecaited the help.

Happy Holidays to you, your family, Emmy, and everyone at the great Google.

The Adam That Doesn't Belong To Matt December 22, 2006 at 12:21 pm

JLH: http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/product_spec.php?pcode=FL2001

It’s a light, and it’s a gadget. So Matt’s perfectly on topic.

Happy whatever holiday you celebrate.

Reivilo December 22, 2006 at 12:34 pm

Hi Matt,

Merry Xmas and have a happy new year.
Thanks for all blogging of 2006 ;)

Wordze December 22, 2006 at 1:14 pm

For a minute I thought you had removed the rel=nofollow from all your comments; as it turns out I merely disabled seoquake*, so the “strike through nofollow links” was missing.

Have a good year! Thanks for all the great info.

* http://www.seoquake.com/

Matthew December 22, 2006 at 1:25 pm

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas Everyone!

Harith December 22, 2006 at 1:56 pm

Canadian Adam

I admire your creative spirit. And I hereby announce you the owner of the most innovative post of 2006… The Boiling Water That Matt Refused To Drink :)

Merry Christmas to all Canadian friends who celebrate it.

bob rains December 22, 2006 at 2:00 pm

Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. ~Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby

The Adam That Doesn't Belong To Matt December 22, 2006 at 4:21 pm

Spirit? What spirit? I”m just out of my damn mind.

I humbly accept your award. I’d like to thank the Academy, my grandma, and the spirit of Elvis. It was an honour just being nominated. I’d also like to thank the wonderful fans for their contribution as well.

:~~~~)

Cheap SEO Services December 22, 2006 at 5:25 pm

Matt,

We will all miss out on your pearls of wisdom.

Col :)

John Gall December 22, 2006 at 8:06 pm

Glad to see your with family for the holidays. Merry Christmast to you , to Google, and to all the other folks who put in work on the WWW.

Keith Cash December 22, 2006 at 9:44 pm

Merry christmas to all and to all a good night. and a happy new year.

Slainte / Cheers

Joe Duck December 23, 2006 at 12:01 am

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of the Cutts!

Joe

D Sarathy December 23, 2006 at 12:39 am

“Merry Christmas” to Matt & Cutts :~).

D Sarathy.

IncrediBILL December 23, 2006 at 12:15 pm

Matt must be already hiding from the family based on the rash of recent blog posts.

Happy Holidays Matt, now get off the damn computer!

dave December 24, 2006 at 5:13 am

Merry xmas mat i love reading th this site
dave

Charlie December 27, 2006 at 9:20 am

Felices fiestas Matt!
Thanks for all valuable content and personal experiences here.
Charlie

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