Comments on: yahoo! adds blog feeds into mail http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/11/30/yahoo-adds-blog-feeds-into-mail/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dave McClure http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/11/30/yahoo-adds-blog-feeds-into-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Dave McClure Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:44:23 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2005/11/30/yahoo-adds-blog-feeds-into-mail/#comment-384 kudos to Yahoo for some nice enabling of RSS feeds via email, but come on now -- "HotJobs is essentially a vertical search engine"... don't you think that's reaching a bit? if they're still preferencing results based on who's paying them, that isn't exactly a model for user relevancy. and if they're still charging for featured listings & competing directly with Monster & CareerBuilder, not sure how they can really claim to be a vertical search engine. i'll readily admit Yahoo & HotJobs have some interesting technology & features, but tapping them as a true vertical search engine is a stretch. (i thought microsoft won your advertising auction, not yahoo? ;) - dave "i got yer vertical search right here, bub" mcclure www.SimplyHired.com kudos to Yahoo for some nice enabling of RSS feeds via email, but come on now — “HotJobs is essentially a vertical search engine”… don’t you think that’s reaching a bit?

if they’re still preferencing results based on who’s paying them, that isn’t exactly a model for user relevancy. and if they’re still charging for featured listings & competing directly with Monster & CareerBuilder, not sure how they can really claim to be a vertical search engine.

i’ll readily admit Yahoo & HotJobs have some interesting technology & features, but tapping them as a true vertical search engine is a stretch.

(i thought microsoft won your advertising auction, not yahoo? ;)

- dave “i got yer vertical search right here, bub” mcclure
http://www.SimplyHired.com

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