Matt Cutts resigns from Google

Matt Cutts, the former head of search quality at Google, has announced that he officially resigned from Google. He decided to stay with the U.S. Digital Service, and has been appointed to be the Director of Engineering for the government's department

Cutts was first said to leave Google in 2014 but decided to extend his stay. And in May 2015, Google announced that it has placed someone new in Cutt's position as the head of its spam team. However, unlike Cutts, the person won't be the official spokesperson for publishers and webmasters.

Cutts started working with the U.S. Digital Service in 2016.

"Working for the government doesn't pay as well as a big company in Silicon Valley. We don't get any free lunches. Many days are incredibly frustrating. All I can tell you is that the work is deeply important and inspiring, and you have a chance to work on things that genuinely make peoples’ lives better. A friend who started working in this space several years ago told me 'These last five years have been the hardest and worst and best and most rewarding I think I will ever have.'"

Matt said that he handed in his notice to Google on December 31, 2016.

Matt Cutts

Cutts was one of the first 100 employees at Google and one of the most well-known individuals in the search marketing industry.

During his time at Google, he has delivered many conferences and contributions to Google, developers, SEO specialists, publishers and users. Many of them have looked for him for advise on how to be better found on Google. He also was a figure for others who were unhappy with Google's policies relating to listings.