Matt Cutt’s Blog Hacked by Dark SEO Team

April 1st, 2007 by Alan

A French (according to the whois) site called Dark SEO Team at DarkSEOTeam.com has hacked Matt Cutt’s blog and taken it over.

I expect they will be PR 0′d very soon for this. I would be quite surprised if they are not banned. Personally I am not for anyone who would go to this effort for any reason. I like Matts Blog and feel that it is a valuable resource for the SEO community. Whether Google likes SEOs or not I believe is based on several factors.

I first assumed that this was an April Fools joke till I saw the Whois info on the French site.

Unless of course Matt Cutts has left Google to join this team? Maybe Borat will do a NOT joke about this one.

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3 Responses to “Matt Cutt’s Blog Hacked by Dark SEO Team”

1. on 01 Apr 2007 at 5:25 pm   Marcel Wagemeesters | Zoekmachinemarketing Weblog
   
   

   It still can be a April Fools joke...

2. on 01 Apr 2007 at 7:24 pm   Alan
   
   

   Yes, I would not be surprised, but this seems a bit over the edge.

   Its either Matt Cutts's best example of April Fools linkbait, or a bunch of malicious hackers claiming to have something to do with SEO. The maliciousness of the potential act seems a bit too off the wall, but that would be the best April Fools.

3. on 01 Apr 2007 at 8:14 pm   Alan
   
   

   Here's a little additional info on a prior attempt of the DarkSEOTeam vs Matt Cutts
   http://www.threadwatch.org/node/4091

   The cached version of the DarkSEOTeam Blog also reveals some additional information.

   Making this more likely a real hack rather than an April Fools Joke.

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