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I was at Toronto’s Top 100 Employers event earlier this week. Between dinner with Jason Davis, discussing blogging with a Kennedy and the mayor of Toronto, inbetween session yoga and learning aboutCanada’s newest vertical job search engine, it was […]

A must read from Forbes (free registration): Is Google Gunning for eBay? Apparently, it’s less about eBay, and much more about AdWords. Is that really shocking?

A job board party is starting to take shape at Google Base. And CareeBuilder’s influence is slowly deteriorating as the lone big boy posting jobs. I was pretty sure such a thing would happen once Google integrated Base content into their Web search.
Nationally-focused Employment Guide and NationJob seem to be testing things out, however, most […]

If you have a TV and actually watch it, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Ask.com’s new commercial, depicting users of other search engines … ah, who are they kidding? Users of Google, as primitive, ape-like beings. “Hey knucklehead Google user, switch to Ask.com (especially now since the quirky Jeeves guy is gone).”
The problem is […]

When logging into MyJobster today, I found a new section labeled Power User Tools. And under this area is the ability to add a Jobster job feed (or widget) to my Typepad blog - for free, of course.
Following the process, I can customize my own job feed, say based on my geographical area and job […]

This just in via ClickZ: Vast.com and Its Ilk Please Some, Annoy Others.
If you’re not familiar with Vast, they’re in competition with the Oodle’s and Indeed’s of the world. A new vertical search engine for everything online classified.
And they’re apparently ticking off some people.
Citing system drag and “theft,” online classified sites such as Cars.com and […]

Banc of America Securities analyst John Janedis has downgraded Monster stock from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ according to a story on Forbes.com entitled, “Monster Holding Steady Despite Decreasing Help-Wanted Ads.”
Apparently growth in both print and online advertising is slowing down. Janedis also believes the threat from Google is minimal.
The story says, “Despite the downgrade, the analyst […]