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Steven Levy, Author Of In The Plex, Interviewed By Google’s Matt Cutts

Mattcutts StevenlevySteven Levy, the author of In The Plex, was interviewed in one of the recent “Google Talks” by Matt Cutts.

Steven Levy wrote one of, if not the most, revealing books on how Google works as a company in his book. So I found it incredibly interesting to watch a Googler interview the individual who interviewed Google for several years to write his book. Levy actually was a keynote speaker at SMX West a few months ago.

Here is the video:

I love Matt’s reaction to when Steven Levy complains how original content gets outranked by larger publishers. You can find that clip 39 minutes and 50 seconds into the talk.

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