My name is Inigo
It’s Halloween, which means a chance to dress as something else. After my Earl experience went pretty well, I decided to have fun for Halloween. This time, my name is Inigo. Hallo! My name is Inigo Montoya. You spam my index. Prepare to die!
And of course some Inigo grooming of the moustache was in order. A perfectly good mullet wig had to die for this outfit:
Will any spammers feel the blade of Inigo today?
Anybody care to post their Halloween pictures? 
Scott Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:34 am
A classic movie!
Barry Schwartz Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:42 am
There was this guy, http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002668.html
What a Maroon Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:50 am
>Will any spammers feel the blade of Inigo today
Based on what I’m seeing on 66.102.11.99, looks like many have already felt the cold steel of Inigo’s blade.
Me thinks your choice is Fruedian.
A few quotes from Inigo as they apply to jagger3 (I assume that is what Im seeing on 66.102.11.xx:
“But, I promise I will not kill you until you reach the top.”
“prepare to die. Now, offer me money.”
Paul Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:56 am
Showed this to my Mum, and she thought it was Antonio Banderas
Mike K. Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 12:00 pm
Hey Mr. Montoya,
I like the pics you should be in a Geico commercial
But seriously, I definitely agree with “What a Maroon” 66.102.11.99 is very scary.
I understand that it is way to early to comment but the results are horrible. I am so amazed by the companies you have listed for the top 10 of my keyword. It reminds me of the “Spam” pic that Barry Schwartz posted, I see many unethical companies on the first page.
Any idea on when Jagger 3 should be completed?
Happy Halloween Mr. Montoya
Matt Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 12:23 pm
These days, Inigo would get more fighting done with a laptop than a blade.
stuntdubl Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 12:57 pm
There’s something I forgot to tell you Matt…
I am not left-handed!
Great costume.
Inigo Mattoya: Hello, my name is Inigo Mattoya. You spammed my index prepare to die. Now, offer me money.
[slices Count Spammer's cheek]
Count Spammer: Yes.
Inigo Mattoya: Power too. Promise me that.
[slices Count Spammer's other cheek]
Count Spammer: All that I have and more. Please…
Inigo Mattoya: Offer me everything I ask for.
Count Spammer: Any thing you want.
Inigo Mattoya: I want the invisible non-commercial web back, you son of bitch.
JRister Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 12:58 pm
Inigo (Matt),
Can you add to your list of executions good ol SBC/Ed Whitacre?
I guess he thinks you guys oughta cough up some dough for Google packets crossing his “pipes”.
Check out either of these highly reputable informants for more info:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20051031/0354228_F.shtml
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/31/1548247&tid=215&tid=17
An interesting read. Another troll saw sunlight today.
Slay the troll!! Slay the troll!!
maxd Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 1:00 pm
Like the mullet Mr C. Grow that one full time.
Jimmy Kelley Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 1:10 pm
“I Know Something You Do Not Know……..I am Not Left-Handed!”
Matt, I know this is not the proper area to post this, but I am at a lost for clues. Our site, http://www.mohotta.com, has been either lost or blacklisted from google and we are not sure why or what we can do to fix it….I will admit that I am not the web guru but any help would be greatly appreciated! Once again, sorry for disturning you….love the mullet!
Jimmy Kelley jimmy@spicesetc.com
Savannah, GA
“You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. “
Aaron Pratt Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 1:20 pm
HA!!!!
“You spam my index”. (that will be a great signature for the forums…)
Cold
Hard
Steel
-Aaron
Peter Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 1:32 pm
Me gets the feeling Google doesn’t know the difference anymore between normal serious sites and spammers. Maybe Google can take of the mask so Google can see clearly again.
Peter
Joeduck Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 1:40 pm
Dear Meester Montoya illustriousness,
I implore you to agree to serve as celebrity sponsor for my new Online Pharmaceutical site “IocainePowder.com”. You are very scary man.
Andrew Hitchcock Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 2:12 pm
Haha, nice. I’m too lazy to dress as a Blue Man this year, and my black mock turtleneck is at home, so no Steve Jobs either. I guess I’ll just be boring today.
laura Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 2:21 pm
I’d kill to see you wear that at an SES conference. In fact, it would be kinda funny to see all the search engine representatives donning superhero-like garb! It is a battle of superhero proportions, is it not?
The Six Fingered Man Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 2:59 pm
Something tells me that Miracle Max would run a sleezy blackhat SEO operation. “Go through his clothes and look for loose change.”
Joseph Scott Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 3:07 pm
What a great costume idea! Now you just need a large tall friend to dress up as Fezzik, someone who looks good in black (and is blonde) to dress up as Westley, and attractive blonde princess for Buttercup and a skilled tracker to be Prince Humperdinck.
Miracle Max: Have fun stormin’ da castle.
Valerie: Think it’ll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.
Matt Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 3:43 pm
stuntdubl, you just went up a couple notches in my book.
Also, LarryP didn’t recognize me until I took the mullet wig off.
Marvin Miller Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 4:52 pm
Hi Matt!
Is it possible for me to write you a letter?
If so, where would I send it?
Thanks!
Marvin
Mary Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 4:52 pm
UAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUu i’m in love……..
So pretty….so strong….. so…………. (can’t write this i don’t kill my husband yet).
Doug Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 6:11 pm
Whoa if I was spam I would be afraid thats a big sword and a killer mullet. LOL, now I just need to figure out why 5 of my unrelated sites got banned. Matt can you help me out? I can send you show you my Halloween pictures, I dressed up with my girlfriend. We were those cheerleaders from saturday night live. I swear I dont do anything shady on my sites, thats what bothers me. Only thing they have in common is the same whois info and the same host. Im pretty ruined and I cannot figure out what I did at all. I build links by hand (takes forever) and write my own content 100%.
nutsandbolts Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 6:32 pm
That mullet is seriously scary.
GaryTheScubaGuy Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 6:55 pm
Nice Loafers under those spats!
The scary part is that that mustache is real!
GaryTheScubaDiver
I went as the lead singer for Korn…We have the same stache groomer…lol of course mine was fake!
GaryTheScubaGuy Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 6:56 pm
Matt,
Did it really take 2 belts to hold that in?
Dan Kramer Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 7:58 pm
Nice outfit, but I like your “Senior” look better.
New York Document Scanning Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 8:15 pm
Live by the sword, Die by the sword.
eurotrash Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 8:21 pm
Tod & Matt - shouldn’t that finish off: “You son of a beetch”
Jenstar Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 9:21 pm
That costume soooooo rocks
I also liked the dressing up that some AdSense ad units got as well 
Markus Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 9:24 pm
Wear that to the vegas conference lol. I’ll be on the look out.
Badi Jones Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 9:29 pm
Great Boots. My costume was pretty lame this year. A home made Han Solo.
Daniel Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 10:01 pm
Ahahaha nice costume Matt! Too bad I didn’t dress up for halloween this year… I like the sword =)
Harith Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:02 pm
Good morning Mr. Inigo
Simple question.
Are we still on schedule regarding Jagger3. I.e should we still expect to see the emerge of Jagger3 sometime tomorrow?
Btw, may I suggest revitalizing the good old “scruffy little goatee”. I have one myself, and it has been with me since1991
Ivan Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:05 pm
Iñigo Montoya.
ps: note the ‘ñ’
Matt Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:21 pm
GaryTheScubaGuy, the camera adds 10 pounds.
Actually, one belt was just for show; the other was to give me something to hang the sword off of. 
Harith, things are still going pretty well on Jagger3. I’m not precisely sure when they’ll start making it visible to the outside world, but I’m still hoping this week.
Harith Said,
October 31, 2005 @ 11:37 pm
Thanks for feedback, Matt.
Have a great sunny day.
Johny Favourite Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 3:48 am
Aren’t you missing a finger?
Or was that the other guy?
No it was the other guy.
What a great film. I used to love it as a kid.
Ant Onaf Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 4:39 am
Great costume! You should have been out on Franklin St. (Chapel Hill) last night for the Halloween Festival! I’m sure you familiar with it. There were many great costumes. I’ll have to check my digi cam and see if any of the pics came out visible. It was night time. Anyway, one of the greatest costumes I seen was about 8 people who dressed up as a house! Another was George Bush in a prisoner (black/white stripes) suit! Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing
TearingHairOut Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 6:07 am
My picture would probably break the screen of every viewer and cause severe post-traumatic stress. And that’s even before I would put on any costume.
Speaking of stress, I am going bats about something relating to Jagger. Myself, Oz and LB posted comments in the Jagger 2 post and I’d appreciate it if you could give any information:
“This has been mentioned before somewhere, but can you provide any info on why inner pages with hardly any BL’s are the first page from a site that appears in the rankings for a keyword, and the homepage is nowhere to be seen, even though the homepage is targetted for the KW in question, and has far more BL’s?”
I’ve been waiting for Jagger 3 before deciding whether to report, as it’s not a spam report issue. To me, it looks a lot like sites are being ‘re-sandboxed’. Please can you advise.
Sorry for commenting off the original topic, but this has me flying around the room on a broomstick and howling at the moon while my teeth are growing in a strange manner. So maybe it’s not so off-topic.
K Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 7:05 am
Hi Matt,
Ever listened to Manowar?
Here is some lyrics from their infamous track ‘Hail and Kill’ dedicated to all those Googlers fighting spam these days.
“My father was a wolf
I’m a kinsman of the slain
Sworn to rise again
I will bring salvation,
punishment and pain
The hammer of fate is our faith
Power and dominion
are taken by the will
By divine right
hail and kill”
Steven Hargrove Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 9:46 am
haha…nice!
wheres your giant friend? isnt his name G-man? Wait no…thats half life…
Brent Weaver Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 9:58 am
I like the halloween pics Matt. We decided to go a little more hellish for ours:
http://www.crystalcleardesigns.com/files/halloween05.jpg
I am second to the left with the zombie thing going on
Enjoy - and happy day after halloween to everyone!
Amit Jhalani Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 11:22 am
Great Costume Matt!
Aj
Bill Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 1:12 pm
That made me FAR too happy. Awesomeness!
I, too, will be stealing that line for my sig.
No time for a costume this year, but last year I dressed as a failed build:
Bill Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 1:14 pm
Erm, let’s try again with the pic of the costume: http://www.geekwardho.org/AncientHistory/001138.html
Andrew Goodman Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 2:14 pm
I don’t have a photo unfortunately, but a kid came to my door dressed up as an Internet pop-up! He said he was “trying to effect change.” Precocious young feller. Made me laugh!
Bontar Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 3:20 pm
The real name is Iñigo, not Inigo.
One more thing for Google to care about: Ñ
Ñ is not N, it is only similar written, but the pronunciation is different. The ASCII code for Ñ is not the same as for N.
Ask a spanish if ‘año’ is equal as ‘ano’, or if ‘peña’ is the same as ‘pena’.
Maybe google knows how deep is the ocean, or who was the third man on the moon, but he doesn’t know the differences between ‘año’ and ‘ano’.
By the way, good costume
Ibridus Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 3:28 pm
Nice Pics.
BillyS Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 8:15 pm
I wonder how many of Matt’s neighbors called the police after seeing him swinging that sword around in his backyard.
John Tourloukis Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 8:27 pm
Sandboxer, it was hard to keep that frustrated look on my face all night.
Joeduck Said,
November 1, 2005 @ 8:35 pm
Matt ! The Jagger thread at WMW is … MISSING!?. Did you take it? Care to share a data center where we’ll see Jagger 3 results first?
tuf Said,
November 2, 2005 @ 1:50 am
what a strange princess bride article…
Adam Said,
November 2, 2005 @ 2:48 am
But who was your Princess Buttercup? We want to see pictures of her, too!
P.S. — On a less happy side-note… your security code captcha thingy is pretty ill-designed.
1) It’s case-sensitive. That’s generally uncool.
2) When I didn’t enter it right the first time, it took me to an error page, and upon hitting back (in firefox), my entire message was erased. You should try to emulate Blogger in this context; when you submit a comment, it saves it even if you get the captcha wrong, and just gives you another chance to re-enter the captcha.
alipi Said,
November 2, 2005 @ 5:33 am
Matt i feel sorry for the world of Information Technology ,i feel sorry for webmasters that have spend years of work making your employers rich by using stolen content from those webmasters,i feel sorry for you that you have to be a silly maskarated idiot for Google’s Public Relation purposes,I feel sorry that you and your conpadres are doing the same think like the 3d reich did(creating quinslings) ,I feel sorry why our fathers fight for freedom and Democracy in the 40’s ….for what ? just to see a new status qvo under the name Google or PAX GOOGLANA ?or PAX AMERICANA?
PS:you know who i am because in your Great New World there is no way that you can hide you ID.But to tell you my dear “I don’t give a damn”
I haven’t done anything wrong exept that having a page that made me some money and you bas£%^rds destroyed whith no reason ,or maybe i was a small guy,I hope God will pay you back one day.I believe in God .
PS2)I have copyed that message if you will not post it that means you are a ploker and i will post it in webmasterworld.
Joeduck Said,
November 2, 2005 @ 6:56 pm
Unfair Alipi. I’ve probably “lost” a lot more money than you due to search engine craziness/changes/errors/etc. Matt, or Google for that matter, are unfairly attacked here. It’s a very wild west and will be for some time. If you were doing black hat stuff you got caught - even if you were NOT you can’t expect it all to go your way dude.
John Tourloukis Said,
November 2, 2005 @ 8:30 pm
alipi,
Funny how you guys who complain are afraid to post your url. Also if you are counting on Google for all your income you should know not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Oyxter Said,
November 3, 2005 @ 2:43 am
So sorry, it is not Inigo, is Iñigo.
Jack Said,
November 3, 2005 @ 4:01 am
hope it’s a wig, dude!
medea Said,
November 3, 2005 @ 6:33 am
That costume is inconceivable!
How lovely to have a 6th digit on my right hand and be able to reach the number keypad when touch typing….
Nicky Said,
November 4, 2005 @ 7:08 am
huh? How does a mexican lookin thingy ma jig class as a Haloween character? Or is it an American thing? And here’s us Brits thinking we had to dress up as ghosts and vampires doh@us
Oh, I know, any excuse to wear the boots!
GreenWood Said,
November 5, 2005 @ 1:19 am
beside us in russia of no such holiday - beside us all more revolutions
Chung Said,
November 7, 2005 @ 1:47 pm
Ha, nice costume, when I was small I wore the zorro costume
I’m missing it :(. Wish I was young like you.
HIJO DE PUTA Said,
November 8, 2005 @ 10:28 am
Me voy a cagar en tu putisima madre por hijo de la gran puta, la espada esa te la voy a meter por el culo por maricon de mierda que eres come pollas, te voy a spammear el culo a ver si revientas maricon.
AM Said,
November 8, 2005 @ 11:15 am
Fantastic film! In spanish: Mi nombre es Íñigo Montoya (with ñ please). Tú has llenado de basura mi página. (Tú mataste a mi padre.) Prepárate a morir.Thanks.
Rick Said,
November 10, 2005 @ 11:44 am
Does anybody want a peanut?
italo Said,
November 10, 2005 @ 6:16 pm
hahaha very funny, hapy halloween… take care
Jonathan Said,
November 13, 2005 @ 12:45 am
I have an important question about this costume. I barely remember the movie - does Inigo actually kill anyone?
Charles Said,
November 26, 2005 @ 2:02 pm
You killed my ranking, prepare to die!!!!
~ As you wish.
I love that movie. Great costume.
After as many years as I have had my site, I find it interesting that a site would be dropped for no reason. Actually, I find that impossible. What I find interesting is that people are complaining about it after being caught doing something that will get them dropped. ~ Inconceivable!
The Albino Said,
December 5, 2005 @ 2:16 pm
Iñigo vs. Inigo.
This prompted me to go back and watch the movie again (our old VHS copy, surprised it hadn’t melted or something), and it is rendered ‘Inigo’ in the credits. Same at IMDB.
Jeez, if you can’t trust Rob Reiner and Amazon.com to render Spanish names properly, who can you trust?…
Bjorn Solstad Said,
December 5, 2005 @ 6:57 pm
*Sigh* I miss being Zorro when I was kid. He is my hero!
Glenn Said,
January 2, 2006 @ 3:01 am
nice pic, is this Man Kind of WWF
Cool blog very interesting!
CoolJohn Said,
March 24, 2006 @ 2:42 pm
Zoro, Robin Good and don KiHot are heros of past and futer:) Am I right, isnt’t it?
Deano Said,
August 28, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
I had a swimming teacher that looked liked this!
Dan Gould Said,
September 2, 2006 @ 8:40 pm
Where did you get that sword?? Please, it’s my friend’s birthday next month, he loves the movie in a huge way, so I wanna get him the sword
Awesome look, man, I’d go into work dressed like that any day of the week 
Please email me back if you can to let me know where I can get that sword, I’ll even buy yours off you :p I’m in the UK btw.
Matt Cutts Said,
September 2, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
Dan, just search around a little bit, e.g.
http://www.swordsdirect.com/scottish-swords-mortuary-hilt-sword.html
and stuff can do just fine or http://www.swordsdirect.com/fencing_swords.html
or whatever. Even if the hilt isn’t letter-perfect, the costume will let everyone else know what it is.
blagoy Said,
September 18, 2006 @ 3:22 am
he-he… 15 person on a chest of the deadman, and a bottle of rum
Jonathan Dingman Said,
September 25, 2006 @ 12:35 am
Love the pics here Matt, they’re awesome
SEOidiot Said,
September 25, 2006 @ 1:48 am
Just go as yourself - thats pretty damn scarey
zafar Said,
September 25, 2006 @ 5:38 am
Sword looks like a piece of tube with impressive handle!
Krunal Said,
September 25, 2006 @ 7:03 am
Wow, now this dress sounds cool
we’ll be waiting for your this year hallowen dress
Thanx
Stephen Pitts Said,
September 25, 2006 @ 7:33 pm
Matt,
Have you considered updating the costume with the laptop holstered on your waist? Oh, but keep the shirt and boots…
Suggestions, maybe lederhosen a brat and a beer!
thanx
Magazine Racks Said,
October 2, 2006 @ 1:26 pm
What’s a classic ? This guy should win an academy award……..
Nick Dickens Said,
October 17, 2006 @ 8:01 pm
Where did you get that costume?
Scented Soy Wax Candles Said,
November 2, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
Matt, is that you ?
Scented Soy Wax Candles Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 10:32 am
Really cool classic movie!
Sterling Silver Rings Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 10:36 am
Please don’t wear that to SES………..
lazer epilasyon Said,
December 27, 2006 @ 8:37 am
A classic movie!
doudou Said,
April 30, 2007 @ 4:16 am
you’d love to live in my hometown Saint-Malo !
akkus Said,
May 13, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
Ahahaha,you should be a swordman if you were in nineteenth century.
Murati Said,
July 6, 2007 @ 12:47 am
Great Boots. My costume was pretty lame this year. A home made Han Solo.
Dubai Property John Said,
July 6, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
Just clicked through onto some of the commenters homepages. Truely an international audience reading this blog. Unreal, about 15 different countries for this post alone. Way ta go man, you have a serious following! Rightly so.
Deviantz Said,
July 16, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Nice! classic outfit!! I love it! hehehe
Eva Said,
July 23, 2007 @ 2:33 am
Nice costume bro, Princess Bride is my favorite movie. Way to go!!!!
Dmitri Said,
August 26, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
lol, I had a similar costume on a helloween in 2004. Had to use a plastic blade though. Here,in Canada,it’s easy to get arrested with any life looking blades…
SEO Expert Dubai Said,
September 14, 2007 @ 2:59 am
Hi Matt,
What a grate new look, nice for sharing i really like it, lol
Agency Said,
September 15, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
Great look captain of Pirates from Caribic.
koozies Said,
September 30, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
That sword is used to cut spam!
Nice mullet lol
The Dog Clothing Company Said,
October 18, 2007 @ 9:52 am
What about this year? Any thought yet?
Jimmy Strew Said,
October 26, 2007 @ 11:57 pm
I don’t know you and this page is a few years old but I just found it on Google (looking for zombies) and have to say this is quite possible the best Halloween outfit I have seen in my life.
Prepare to die!
Airgle Said,
May 3, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
That’s really cool! Fencing is cool too