Apr 1 2007

Matt Cutts Hacker Shout Out Contest

By Jeremy Schoemaker 40 comments

I thought Matt Cutts had one of the most original and well thought out April fools pages that was pretty funny. He also fooled many people and did not cheat (he started it on april fools) and people still fell for it.

In the message the “hacker” gives several shout outs (see screenshot)

Well I got the official list of exactly what the mean from the person responsible and the first person to get them all right OR the person who gets the most right by 11AM By Monday April 2rd will win 50$ in PayPal!

So take your best guess at figuring out who the following people are that are given shout outs to and maybe you will win! (just copy paste below in the comments with your guesses):

houtz to Dan “the man” =
the 302 hijack t33m =
NYC SEO gang =
pentazilla =
daxster =
boogybonmot =
Earl+Duke =
davenator =
monkeyboy =
the canadian crew::J&T =
spamhuntress =
LB =
jb =
NW =
L/S =
Z-man =
scbl =
RandomFish =
huZZah =
chivesmack =
Shchoeoe+npMMo =
lejackalgris =
theGUY to GoTo =
phenssen =
Romanian Brothers =

Only 1 entry per person/ip/email/family (you know what i mean)

I will be moderating comments for this post so everyone has a fair shot to get them all right and not just build off of others lists

Brian Mark said on April 1st, 2007 at 8:54 pm

A few of those really made me laugh. Excellent indeed. I see there are 3 references between you and your staff there. Someone seems to be a Jeremy fan.

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Bulbboy said on April 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm

houtz to Dan “the man�? =
the 302 hijack t33m =
NYC SEO gang =
pentazilla =
daxster =Dax Herrera
boogybonmot =
Earl+Duke =
davenator =Dave Naylor
monkeyboy =WebGuerilla
the canadian crew::J&T =Jeniffer Slegg & Oilman
spamhuntress =Ann Elisabeth?
LB =
jb =Jim Boykin
NW =
L/S =
Z-man =Jeremy Zawodny?
scbl =Robert Scoble
RandomFish =Rand Fishkin
huZZah =
chivesmack =Dillsmack
Shchoeoe+npMMo =Shoemoney!
lejackalgris =GrayWolf
theGUY to GoTo =StuntDubl?
phenssen =
Romanian Brothers =

All I could get, sorry.
4.49am here, off to bed.

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CPA Affiliates said on April 1st, 2007 at 9:49 pm

Cool Contest man. I might try to figure it out tomorrow as i can’t think right now its getting late.

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Arpit said on April 1st, 2007 at 9:55 pm

The list is almost clear at that forum (you know which one)

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Arpit said on April 1st, 2007 at 9:57 pm

And see I played fair and dint copied the list.. so I can still get some share What?? You need my paypal id???? OOOOOHHH thanks ShoeMoney…

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Stuart Hannig said on April 1st, 2007 at 10:10 pm

No clue on how to even figure this out.

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shor said on April 1st, 2007 at 10:27 pm

From my digitalpoint post with a few new additions
Shoutz to Dan “the man”: danny sullivan
the 302 hijack t33m: google webmaster central team?
NYC SEO gang: google NYC?
Linusx: Linus Torvald
pentazilla: 5 star affiliates?
daxster: dax
boogybonmot: ?
Earl+Duke: jason duke, earl grey
davenator: daven
cRWc: ?
monkeyboy: webguerilla?
the canadian crew::J&T: Jen and Todd
spamhuntress: spamhuntress.com
LB: Loren Baker?
jb:john battelle?
NW: NickW
-eng: ?
U(r|d)(s|i): ?
L/S: Lisa / Susan (Brucey Clay)?
Z-man: Zawodny
scbl: Robert Scoble
RandomFish: Rand
huZZah: uh, Matt self shout-out? (grasping at straws here)
chivesmack: Dillsmack
Shchoeoe+npMMo: shoemoney
lejackalgris: graywolf
theGUY to GoTo:
phenssen: Phil Lenssen
Romanian Brothers: Ionut Alex Chitu

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Tim Elliott said on April 1st, 2007 at 10:28 pm

In the source there’s also a HTML comment,

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Drew said on April 1st, 2007 at 10:35 pm

Well, Matt’s site is still ‘hacked’ (actually 2nd April where I am) - someone should tell him that April Fools jokes don’t work after 12pm.

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Gary R. Hess said on April 1st, 2007 at 10:49 pm

Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney

Yeah that’s about all I know.

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Matt said on April 1st, 2007 at 11:46 pm

I tried to figure some of them out, at least.

houtz to Dan “the man�? = Danny Sullivan
the 302 hijack t33m =
NYC SEO gang =
pentazilla =
daxster = Dax
boogybonmot =
Earl+Duke = Jason Duke and Earl Grey
davenator = Dave Naylor
monkeyboy = webguerilla
the canadian crew::J&T = Jensense and Todd Freisen
spamhuntress = Ann Elisabeth Nordbo
LB =
jb =
NW = Nick W
L/S =
Z-man = Zawodny
scbl = Robert Scoble
RandomFish = Rand Fishkin
huZZah =
chivesmack = DillSmack
Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney
lejackalgris = GrayWolf
theGUY to GoTo = Ted Meisel
phenssen = Phil Lenssen
Romanian Brothers =

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hoodmonkey said on April 2nd, 2007 at 12:38 am

Shchoeoe+npMMo = schoemoney + nebraska people making money online chivesmack = dillsmack
RandomFish = Rand Fishykins
spamhuntress = spamhuntress
pentazilla = quadzilla
Earl+Duke = Eral Gray | Jason Duke
davenator = Dave Naylor
houtz to Dan “the man�? = Danny Sullivan
daxster = dax
scbl = Roberto Scoble
phenssen = Phil Lenssen
jb = jim boykin? | john battelle?
the canadian crew::J&T = jensense and Todd Freisen
Z-man = Jeremy Zawodny
monkeyboy = I would say Greg Boser
the 302 hijack t33m = probably too many people to list
NYC SEO gang = probably too many people to list
Romanian Brothers = no idea

the rest I have no idea

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Scot Smith said on April 2nd, 2007 at 12:45 am

I’ll give you a cookie for $50 in may paypal account?

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Yuri said on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:08 am

houtz to Dan “the man�? = Danny Sullivan
the 302 hijack t33m = Google Webmaster Team
pentazilla = Quadzilla
Earl+Duke = Earlpearl?
davenator = dave naylor
monkeyboy = webmonkey? I forgot the monkey =)
spamhuntress = Vanessa Fox?
Z-man = G-man
scbl = Robert Scoble
RandomFish = Rand Fishkin
Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney at Net Profit “More money, more money, more”
phenssen = Jensen?

Yah, I am not that informed. I bet you guessed 95% of those.

Cheers.

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Gustav Mörtberg said on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 am

I belive RandomFish is Randfish (Rand Fishkin) of SEOmoz.

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KidBlogger said on April 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 am

I have no idea! hehehe

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Alex said on April 2nd, 2007 at 3:44 am

Well you are Shchoeoe+npMMo, that’s for sure
And RandomFish is Randy Fishkin.

I’m courious about the Romanian Brothers

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jack said on April 2nd, 2007 at 3:49 am

what d’f..
I’ve already posted about it :))

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geegel said on April 2nd, 2007 at 4:02 am

Why do all the contests give prizes in Paypal? Keep in mind that the audience for this blog is quite eclectic and selecting such a payment venue may cause some frustration in some of your readers.

And oh yeah. Long live Romanian Brothers :P! And by that I don’t think that Matt Cutts referred to me

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MattBee said on April 2nd, 2007 at 4:04 am

RandomFish = randFish
theGUY to GoTo = Guy Kawasaki
Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney

That’s my guess…

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Mark said on April 2nd, 2007 at 4:46 am

Bleh, no idea, I guess:

RandomFish = RandFish
Shchoeoe+npMMo = ShoeMoney
Dan “the man�? = Danny Sullivan

That’s all I got ^_^

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nXplorer said on April 2nd, 2007 at 5:10 am

RandomFish = Rand Fishkin
Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney
houtz to Dan “the man�? = Danny Sullivan
spamhuntress = The female counterpart to Matt? Vanessa Fox?
The others I don’t know.

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Tim Linden said on April 2nd, 2007 at 6:23 am

So I felt the need to see if Google has crawled his hacked page, and it’s interesting to note that the blog index when I click on Cached brings up an error. The rest of the pages don’t. Hmmm.

Your search - cache:FssCjuOfo7QJ:www.mattcutts.com/blog/ site:mattcutts.com - did not match any documents.

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Amanda said on April 2nd, 2007 at 7:10 am

That is cute.

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soul-healer said on April 2nd, 2007 at 7:22 am

i cant understand or i hit the arrow in the dark.

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jim said on April 2nd, 2007 at 7:46 am

You can start by figuring out which ones are Shoemoney and Dillsmack, work from there…

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Eric said on April 2nd, 2007 at 8:32 am

daxster = dax
NYC SEO Gang = SEOClass? (not sure)
davenator = dave naylor
spamhuntress = vannessa fox
z-man = g-man ?
scbl = robert scoble
randomfish = rand fiskin
chivesmack = dillsmack
shchoeoe+npMMo = shoemoney

The rest i’m not sure…but these are my best guesses.

HiredGuns

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Jason Bartholme said on April 2nd, 2007 at 9:00 am

Here are my guesses for the contest

pentazilla = Quadzilla (I don’t know his real name off hand)
daxster = Dax Herrera
davenator = Dave Naylor
monkeyboy = Greg Boser
spamhuntress = Ann Elisabeth Nordbo
scbl = Robert Scoble
RandomFish = Rand Fishkin
Shchoeoe+npMMo = Shoemoney
theGUY to GoTo = Guy Kawaski

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Tim Ukaj said on April 2nd, 2007 at 9:28 am

the canadian crew::J&T = Tyler Cruz and….:D

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Ali said on April 2nd, 2007 at 11:37 am

scbl = Robert Scoble
Shchoeoe+npMMo = ShoeMoeny
lejackalgris = Greywolf

yeah i suck i know

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Travel Notebook said on April 2nd, 2007 at 12:54 pm

Shchoeoe+npMMo = ShoeMoeny obv.

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Hip Hop said on April 2nd, 2007 at 1:09 pm

You got a lot of tabs there lol

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Pwiskel said on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:08 pm

The “Shchoeoe” part makes sense. But what the heck is “npMMo”?

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Stuart Hannig said on April 2nd, 2007 at 5:41 pm

I got shoemoney right

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Stuart Hannig said on April 2nd, 2007 at 5:42 pm

Yeah, I got shoemoney. no idea who dillsmack even is

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shor said on April 2nd, 2007 at 8:06 pm

rofl. I missed pentazilla = quad, right after listening to the old net income quadzilla interview too.

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Travel Notebook said on April 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 pm

Nobody has them all figured out? How many did you figure out shoe?

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Nathan Hannig said on April 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 pm

that was really hard, I could never get more than 2

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