Heard of Google’s gmail? If not, you will soon enough.
Since its inception last year, millions of people have signed-up for the new e-mail service, which is currently invite-only. It’s generally unique in that it gives users almost unlimited space to keep their e-mail messages and makes them searchable. Instead of a folder system like Yahoo! […]

They’ve been pretty quiet about it, but eBay is  slowly becoming a destination site for everything classified.
Last month, they bought Rent.com. Before that, they bought a 25 percent share of underground darling Craigslist, which serves up everything a newspaper does and targets local markets to boot.
So why not serve job listings on eBay? They have […]

A lot of pundits in the search industry like to make predictions. Most of them are pretty obvious if you know anything about the industry.
But in today’s WebProNews, Bobby Heard makes some pretty interesting points. Here’s a summary:

Reciprocal links will mean less. (I couldn’t agree more. Reciprocal link programs are outta control right now. Google’s […]

How many of you recruiters out there still use your Outlook to store resumes that are e-mailed to you? You know who you are.
My guess is it’s quite a few. But never fear …
Google (and the rest) now has a desktop search tool. Download it for free and you can access just about everything that’s […]

My dad’s a retired high school football coach. He used to say  football was "a game won from the shoulders up." Basically, brain over brawn was his point.
Watching the Patriots defeat the Steelers yesterday with largely a smarter game plan, I was reminded of my father’s comments and how they might pertain to online recruiting.
Employers […]

Every job board I know of  in the world offers job alerts -  e-mails that ‘alert’ users to new jobs when posted.
I’m personally signed up for at least five with five separate boards. Getting five separate e-mails is a drag. Especially when the job openings are regularly "Earn millions on eBay."
Enter Google. I can sign-up […]

According to a new report from Keynote Systems:
Google remains the beloved search engine among U.S. consumers, but Yahoo! and MSN are making strides and gaining favor among users. Based on research conducted with 2,000 U.S. consumers as they interacted with the leading search engines, Keynote found that Yahoo! and MSN have made strides in the […]