Matt Cutts Reports

Static versus Dynamic URLs

Last updated: 12 Sep 2007

Please note that the copyright and opinions expressed in this footage are solely those of Matt Cutts.

In the following video, Google engineer Matt Cutts discusses the arguments for and against dynamic and static URL's and how to achieve pagerack with both. He also answers questions from Google users such as:

Can Google alert a webmaster if a site is being hacked?
Geo-targeting software - can it be mistaken for cloaking?

To hear the advice Matt has to give on these subjects, watch the video above.

Who is Matt Cutts?

Matt Cutts is an emgineer at Google, and specifically works in quality control. His speciality is Search Engine Optimisation issues, and he takes a proactive role in educating webmasters to ensure compliance with Google’s webmaster guidelines.

He joined Google while studying for a PhD at Univ North Carolina, having taken classes in information retrieval from the University’s Information and Library Science department. He did not complete the PhD before moving to Google full time, but was awarded an MS degree.