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Archive | May, 2005

journalists and reporters to be added to craigslist arsenal on newspapers

9. May 2005

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Editor and Publisher reported that Craigslist will be introducing a publishing option in the near future for "amateur journalists." Think the power of the blog meets the power of Craigslist. The article quoted Craig Newmark, Craigslist’s founder, saying "He believes the reason why newspapers are losing circulation is that too many traditional journalists are willing to quote politicians and [...]

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business.com launches work.com

5. May 2005

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Wow, the vertical search engine space sure is heating up. On the heels of my last entry on SimplyHired, Indeed and WorkZoo, Business.com has launched Work.com. According to their press release, Work.com is "the only job search engine dedicated to directly connecting job seekers with premium employers." So, what defines a "premium employer"? Someone who will pay for [...]

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vertical job search players rev engines

4. May 2005

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The vertical search engine race continues to be a hot topic within Internet recruiting circles. Indeed, probably my personal favorite at this point, has penned agreements to co-brand their search technology with Info.com and Clusty.com, both of which are secondary search engines. Providing search technology to other search engines is a page right out of [...]

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which search engines do corporate users most frequently visit?

3. May 2005

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Looks like some research was collected recently by Webside Story and Net Applications to decipher how search engines rank with corporate users. The results don’t seem to be too scientific, but also aren’t surprising. Here ya’ go: Google 44.5%Yahoo 17.0%MSN 10.9%AOL 3.2%Dogpile 0.8%Ask Jeeves 0.9% Quick takeaway for online recruitment professionals: Passive, already-employed top talent are primarily [...]

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google strives for quality over quantity

2. May 2005

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Google is in business - as are all the search engines - to deliver the most relevant search results to its users. Enahancements such as personalized search are one way the engines plan to do this. Here’s another way they plan to improve results: According to a story in New Scientist last week, "Google has plans [...]

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google vs. yahoo! - how do they differ?

1. May 2005

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Think Google and Yahoo! search results are the same? Think again. Here’s a sweet tool to use that will show you the differences between Google search results and Yahoo!’s: Google vs. Yahoo! The search I’ve used in my link is "Miami jobs." Notice that each search engine’s No. 1 result isn’t even in the other’s Top 100. Optimizing for [...]

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