Cutt-lets Early Christmas Present
You haven’t been able to talk to the ever-amiable Matt Cutts at a conference? Now you can see the man himself on video. Nice work!
Matt has released three videos, in which he dishes out SEO advice:
- Session 1: Including qualities of a good site.
- Session 2: Including some SEO Myths.
- Session 3: Should you Optimize for Search Engines or for Users
Needless to say, these appear on Google Video, not You Tube 
There aren’t any transcripts that I’m aware of, but Matt covers some basic SEO themes, and dispels a few myths, including: validated code probably doesn’t give you any advantage in terms of ranking.
PS: The answer to session three is, obviously, both!
UPDATE: HalfDeck has transcribed much of the content here.
Halfdeck
Obviously no one reads my damn blog, lol. Though not a full-blown transcript, you’ll find notable quotes and summary on my latest post: http://www.seo4fun.com/blog/2006/07/31/matt-cutts-releases-seo-video-quickies.html
Peter Da Vanzo
My mistake, HalfDeck. Thanks muchly!
Matt Cutts Releases SEO Video Quickies » Half’s SEO Notebook
[...] BTW, Thanks to Peter over on V7N Blog for throwing me a bone. I hate to bitch but writing a full-fledged post at 4 in the morning just to publish a post that reads almost exactly like every other Matt Cutts video blog post can get frustrating. No point in speedy delivery when you got no visibility. [...]
toddw
Awesome! I loved being able to listen to this instead of reading. I was able to listen and work at the same time, worked great for me.