Looks like Indeed has company at Bloglines:
This is a nice pick-up for SimplyHired and certainly makes an interesting statement to Indeed in the process, who has had their relationship with Bloglines for quite awhile.
I’m surprised Indeed failed to negotiate some sort of exclusive in this deal that would protect such a thing from happening.
Although Indeed has the No. 1 placement, SimplyHired offers the ability to search via geotargeting, as well as search only Fortune 500 companies. Nice differentiator that should drive more sign-ups.
With Google waiting in the wings to launch their own classifieds offering – whose content I’m assuming will be off-limits to aggregators like SimplyHired and Indeed – it’s going to be important for the job verticals to grab as much land as they can before Hurricane G hits the mainland.
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October 28th, 2005 at 6:37 pm
hey joel -
thanks for noticing, we’re psyched to be offering some cool features for bloglines readers & feeders.
re: Hurricane G making landfall — we’re looking forward to adding job listings from Google to our index; and rather than a hurricane to be feared, we think of it as great weather in which to go windsurfing :)
for more thoughts on GoogleBase and whether they decide to go “open access” or “walled garden”, check out our post here:
Google: Can There Be Only One?
http://blog.simplyhired.com/archives/2005/10/google_there_ca_1.php
- Dave McClure
http://www.SimplyHired.com | SimplyFIRED.com
October 29th, 2005 at 4:54 pm
Where exactly is that page with the Indeed and SimplyHired feed setups? I have never seen it. Is there a link to it somewhere? I’d like to set some up. Thx.
October 29th, 2005 at 6:03 pm
Once you log in, click Add. You’ll see an option to add Jobs. It also has a “New” by it.
October 31st, 2005 at 1:15 pm
cool thx!