BLADAM - Entry - I’ve joined Google

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I’ve joined Google

A couple of months ago, I became a Googler. Since my boss—Matt Cutts—has already so kindly introduced me on his blog, I feel this is probably a good time to say a few words about my new job

The short version: I’m honored, humbled, a bit nervous, and yes, very happy. As a lifelong geek who’s been excited about search and Google in particular for many years, it’s hugely fascinating to be experiencing new adventures from the “inside.”

Okay, now for the longer version!

What I’m doing at Google

My main focus is on broadening communications between Google and Webmasters… learning as much as I can from both Matt and the Webmasters he chats with so amiably and then building upon this rapport. Or, more colloquially, as it’s been joked around the office, my uber-challenging goal is to become a “MiniMatt.” Though a colleague did note that a MiniMatt sounds like a scary cross between a convenience store and a diminutive vaccum cleaner. Hmm.

You’ll find me hanging out at Webmaster conferences and various geek gatherings, occasional replying to Google-related blog or forum posts, tackling some Webmaster-related e-mails, and undoubtedly popping up in other random places.

I’ll also be a “Webmaster Advocate” inside the Googleplex. I’ve seen firsthand that tons of folks here already eagerly read and appreciate Google- and search-related comments throughout the Web; I’ll be doing what I can to expedite concerns, bug reports, and other feedback to the right colleagues.

I’m coming into this job with a lot of knowledge about search, Google, and communications, but I know I have a lot to learn and also much trust to earn.

What my new job means for my blog

I’m not sure yet. For the time being, I’m going to generally maintain a separation between the personal and work spheres of my life. This means that you’re likely to be disappointed if you subscribe to BLADAM expecting to read lots of juicy Googly tidbits.

With that said, though, I do admire Robert, Jeremy, and, of course, my boss Matt and recognize that their work-related blogversations have very often educated, engaged, and entertained thousands. So perhaps I’ll come up with a middle ground here—occasionally sharing my enthusiasm, useful Google tips, amusing Google observations, and so on—while avoiding topics likely to make my colleagues annoyed or uncomfortable.

“So I have a question about my site...”

Please, not here. I’m enjoying tackling general and specific Webmaster issues every day at work… and my teammates and I are really, truly committed to opening up new channels of communication (like our Sitemaps tools and active Sitemaps GoogleGroup, for instance, plus MUCH more to come!). But everyone needs a break from work now and then, so please respect my personal space here on the Web. Thanks!

With that said, I know that Matt got some outstanding feedback on Google Communications, and so I’d be nuts if I didn’t also invite you to share your Google Communication ideas below. I’d also love to hear from you about your favorite bloggers who masterfully juggle work and non-work topics on their blogs; I could use some more role models in case I decide to go that route eventually .

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Anyway… to you faithful BLADAM readers who’ve stuck with me during all my bloggily dry and/or boring spells, thank you. To you new readers, welcome! It’s a pleasure to have you here, and—as always—I look forward to your comments. Now I’m heading offline to go celebrate my birthday weekend!

- Blathered by Adam on Friday, May 12, 2006 at 21:08 [ Permalink | Trackback ]
- Filed under Geekery • Search engines • Google • Personal • Society • Workplace
- Commented on by 58 folks so far. Scroll down and see for yourself (and join in the conversation!)

Comment from Glen the Hen [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	No comments yet, well Aloha to you then! Good luck in your new job Adam. - Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 at 21:37 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from gillian [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Oh man I’m so jealous. Congrats dude. - Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 at 21:42 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member TobySodor [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations Adam. I can see you are going to enjoy your new job! I for one am really happy that there is now more and better communication between Google and webmasters. Hope you get settled in nice and quick who knows? maybe one day you will be THE Googleguy! Heh heh. - Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 at 23:23 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member jangro [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Cool. it’s about time Matt cloned himself. Congrats! - Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 6:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from alek Republic of Boulder [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Welcome aboard Matt ... yea, you are going to have to come up with something besides MiniMatt ... and we already have “Cuttlets” ... so what will you call your Google Groupies?!? - Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 12:31 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from elias kai Sweden [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Great, Happy Birthday… I liked your music and welcome to Googleplex. Elias KAI , Google’s father. - Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 14:23 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Meg [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Ooh, I can be your role model, both bloggish and in general. You know you want to be a scrawny yet uber-sexy ballerina. Or there’s always Mitzi for you to emulate. Though I think you already do a pretty good job at being a pet-seeking attention whore… Or maybe you’re more into being Ozzie. How do you feel about sitting on slugs? - Posted on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 18:34 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Search Engines [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Commenters MUST be allowed to express passionately and tenaciously their misgivings without concern about others taking it personally! There needs to be a more aggressive reaching out and better understanding regarding those Quality Webmasters who engage in tactics that violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Many attempts were made to explain the frustrations and inequities that prompt people to finally get fed up. One gets the feeling that it falls on deaf ears, and that people are upset by frankness and tenacity. They feel THEY are being attacked. - Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 16:37 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Luis Alberto Barandiaran [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Welcome! Well it seems now I have YET another blog to bookmark in order to keep up with Google and it’s developments… I’m sure your blog traffic is soon to explode, so let me welcome you to your new job / life / hell, whichever the case may be. Cheers from Peru! - Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 21:57 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from sana [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	so i have a question about my site… keke happy birthday! - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 2:47 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from ignazio Bilbao, Spain [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats from Spain! - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 3:15 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Jason F. [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	At long last! Congrats! - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 8:38 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from fanboy .net [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	congrats, and good luck - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 8:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Jon Payne Baltimore, MD [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats! Improving communication is never a bad thing! Sounds like that is the essence of your new role. Best wishes. - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 9:48 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member bobmutch london.on.ca [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats Adam! While I wouldn’t want all the traveling, but working for super geek Matt has to be a dream. Now you get to know how Pagerank really works and all the many other neat things us un-plexed people will never ever know. I am happy for you! - Posted on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 23:18 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from samar lebanon,beirut [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I m so happy for you, congratulations. all sincere regards from a lebanese Google Fan - Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 0:35 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member SEO-PDX Portland Oregon [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Good deal! Welcome to the party my friend! I strongly suggest you head out to alot of the SEO bulletin boards and get yourself introduced when you can. There are alot of great questions floating around and maybe you can be the one who slows the disinformation and confusion. Welcome aboard and I look forward to reading your blog more! - Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 12:11 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Aaron White Pennsylvania [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations Adam! We look forward to seeing/hearing great things from you at Google! - Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 10:01 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from rahul california [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	HI , iTS GREAT TO work google . Keep it up .better luck. Congrats once again. - Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 0:27 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Praetor Fayetteville, NC [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	For purely personal reasons, I do a search on Google several times per day for the search term: safelists. The #1 natural result does not contain the term anywhere on the page, in the domain, in the title, in the description ... nowhere! How is this possible? Lou Smith SafeLists - Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 10:42 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	A warm thank you for all the friendly welcome-comments! Even to my wacky ballerina friend who really is as strange as she seems :D - Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 18:11 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Alonso Secades Costa Rica [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	You should reconsider and post more work related information - Posted on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 1:04 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from christoph [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	hired by the devil .. your soul is not save anymore .. grats - Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 11:06 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from khaled Paris - France [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats from Paris - Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 at 6:45 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member norbert [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations - a job many people can only dream from In the German magazine Stern 21/2006 some months ago there was a big and very interessting article with many pics from Googleplex. Funny offices you have and all what people expect from a wellness-trip is included too in this area. It’s fantastic - Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 5:44 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Pikary Hannover [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	- Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 at 8:30 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from orange [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Eviva Adam - Posted on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 6:37 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Michael Berlin, Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Hallo to everybody, me, too, read in the German magazine Stern 21/2006 this big article with many pics from Googleplex. It was very interesting to me and I did’t expect it as I could read there. Great! Bye, Michael - Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 5:14 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member hamza [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	congratulation for this work - Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 17:29 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from max germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	i remember, i think read about it in matt’s blog. congratulations adam! - Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 2:59 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from tariq Origines [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Eviva Adam - Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 at 17:51 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Mario Mansour Sweden [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Great..Congratulations Keep Googleing - Posted on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 1:50 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Serbra Austria [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations! How is it at the Googleplex!? - Posted on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 10:17 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Alexandra Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I do ask myself, where it will endup with google… in heaven or hell? - Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:44 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Thomas Stuttgart, Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Hello, nice site, keep on google - ing, Happy greetings from germany Thomas - Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 8:25 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from nomi [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	congrats - Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 1:47 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Tony [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Best wishes for your new job! Congrats! Hope you enjoy your time at the googleplex. - Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 12:24 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Tobi frankfurt, germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations Adam, keep on googling, All the best from germany! Tobi - Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 12:26 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Nils Berlin [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	I want a job at google too!! ^^ - Posted on Friday, October 5, 2007 at 2:45 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from luggage Austr [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Excellent man – well done. Working for Google has got to be one of the best things ever. What I mean, is they seem to be one of the best companies to work at by far. Much better than working at some corporate conglomerate that really never goes anywhere (why does the word microsoft come to mind?) Google seem to have their pulse on the net, and where things are actually going. MS and big companies like them just have too much beaurocracy. I’m hoping Google never gets ‘too big’ that the obvious passionate family atmosphere they seem to have dies away. Even big companies CAN still have that atmosphere, it all depends on leadership. Good going! - Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 3:10 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from oil portraits Australia [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Wow! Honestly, this is my first time to meet someone like you. I’m more than glad that I found your blog and I can’t help but feel envious about your job. Don’t get me wrong. I’m pretty sure a lot of people would kill just to get the same job as yours. - Posted on Monday, October 29, 2007 at 21:23 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from topweblinks Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats! - Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 3:14 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from pete [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations Adam. I can see you are going to be seized of your new job! I for one am extremely happy that there is now more and brass hat embassy between Google and webmasters. Hope you get settled in nice and quick who knows? maybe one day you with effort be THE Googleguy! Heh heh. - Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 12:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from anonymous [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congrats Adam! While I wouldn’t want all the movement, but working for super geek Matt has to be a dream. Now you get to the specifics how Pagerank amen achievement and all the many other mean installations us un-plexed people will noway in all ages the scoop. I am pry for you! - Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 23:10 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Prepaid Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations Adam! I wish you all the best! - Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 2:13 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Thomas Germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	congratulations adam! hope you enjoy your new job. best of luck! - Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 17:31 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from tom [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations - a job effuse habitancy can only delirium tremens from alarm In the German dock Stern 21/2006 some months ago there was a big and powerfully interessting computer printout stag party bunch pics from Googleplex. Funny offices you underrate and all what drop anchor confide from a wellness-trip is included too in this limit. It’s fantastic - Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 2:29 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Atlanta Realtor [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations on you new job. I would like to come out and take a tour of the company someday. I think Google is on its way to being the largest company in the world. It already is one of the most well known. - Posted on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 20:05 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member James Australia [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Many many congratulations to you. Buddy you rocks. Best of luck. - Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 22:13 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Farmer USA [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Wow congrats , i,am trying for job in google adwords too. - Posted on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 3:17 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Golf cart [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Working for Google has got to be one of the best things ever. What I mean, is they seem to be one of the best companies to work at by far. Much better than working at some corporate conglomerate that really never goes anywhere (why does the word microsoft come to mind?) Google seem to have their pulse on the net, and where things are actually going. MS and big companies like them just have too much beaurocracy. I’m hoping Google never gets ‘too big’ that the obvious passionate family atmosphere they seem to have dies away. Even big companies CAN still have that atmosphere, it all depends on leadership. Good going! - Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 2:51 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Gothic Fairy [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Congratulations to you, google is a great company to be in. You are a man! - Posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 3:56 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Hip Hop germany [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Much better than working at some corporate conglomerate that really never goes anywhere… - Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 19:19 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Webdesign Hamburg Web Designer, Hamburg [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Nice workplace, dude! I’m jealous! - Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 13:33 [ Permalink to this comment ]
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