Former Googler, Andre Weyher, who worked in the Google Search Quality team for two years, was interviewed by James Norquay and the article is pretty revealing.

I am honestly shocked a former Googler would give up so much information. None of it is really ground breaking but some of it is a bit too much to hear from a Googler or a former Googler, in my opinion. So much so, it makes me feel like he is lying.

For example:

Really? Frown upon it?

Another in regards to detecting spammy links:

Did he say that?

A comment on PR:

Okay, that isn’t too bad…

Again, this isn’t too bad.

In any event, read the interview and do me a favor, don’t confuse what he is saying about Google and what he is saying about his new company. People at WebmasterWorld are taking quotes about his new company and assuming they used that at Google.

I am also surprised by some of the typos in the interview but I guess it was just an email interview?

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