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Archive | August, 2005

google sidebar

22. August 2005

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Google Sidebar launched today. It’s a very exciting offering and a great maneuver against Yahoo! and Microsoft. Here’s a quick breakdown, taken straight from Google: With Sidebar, you can see personalized information right on your desktop:                           A. News: See the latest news headlines personalized to your interests B. Web Clips: [...]

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open letter to simplyhired, indeed

21. August 2005

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Dear SimplyHired and Indeed, Wow, it’s been quite an exciting summer hasn’t it? I can’t imagine how pumped you both must be. Being the talk of online recruitment circles, getting millions in investment money, and drawing the attention of the big engines like Google and Yahoo! and companies like The New York Times has to be [...]

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google provides direct links to corporate job listings

19. August 2005

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Google started playing with a sub-results functionality a few months ago, but it now seems to be a serious integration into their search technology. What they’re doing is providing direct links to a site’s subpages. Here’s what I mean; checkout the red circle, text link Jobs: Notice there is a direct link to the Progressive Insurance employment [...]

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smells like faux spirit

18. August 2005

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Remember the ’90s when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden hit it big? Then remember a bunch of lame, knock-off grunge bands magically appearing, hoping to cash in on the trend? Meet the vertical job search industry’s Spin Doctors: www.jobrobots.com

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google toying with 3 top sponsored listings

18. August 2005

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Yeah, it had to happen sometime, I suppose. The mass number of advertisers flocking to Google’s pay-per-click program are forcing the search giant to add up to three Sponsored Links at the top of certain results pages. Google’s competition regularly serves up three ads or more, so this isn’t too much of a shock. However, [...]

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oodle grows to 20 more metros

16. August 2005

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Don’t look now, but classifieds vertical search engine (including jobs) Oodle has grown by 20 more cities. These include: AtlantaBostonChicagoCincinnatiClevelandColumbusDallasDenverDetroitHoustonLos AngelesMiamiMilwaukeeMinneapolis / St. PaulNew YorkPhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandSan DiegoSan FranciscoSeattleWashington DC Oodle, a solution from the people who brought you Excite in the ’90s, is a Frankenstein creation of Craigslist meets SimplyHired, at least if you’re looking for jobs. Gotta [...]

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askjeeves introduces own pay-per-click advertising solution

15. August 2005

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Forward: I’d like to preface this post by saying that I’m not a big fan of AskJeeves from an advertising (or search) perspective for job and employment-related searches, because they’ve sold their soul to Monster by having a mega advertisement at the top of every results page. Boo! ************************** Similar to Google’s AdWords or Yahoo!’s Search Marketing [...]

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