Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion

msn windows live quietly moves to power a9, alexa search

Formerly powered by Google, Amazon’s A9 and Alexa’s search are now powered by MSN’s Windows Live. Check out these searches for “cheese”: A9 Alexa Wonder what that cost?

indeed.com adds sponsored listings (smells like google adwords … and adsense)

Indeed continues to impress. As reported by Jason Gorham of CareerMetaSearch, Indeed is enhancing his job site’s listings by highlighting them and popping them to the top for targeted searches. Looks like Dice is doing the same, as well as BAJobs and who-knows-who-else. If you’ve seen Google’s “Sponsored Links” then you get the idea. From his comments, [...]

link swapping (or veni, vidi, vici toronto)

I’m back after a little business and a dash of pleasure north of the border. Special thanks to J.D. and Tony for a good time had by all. In my absence, looks like a little hell has broken loose via a recent blog post on Recruiting.com entitled “Link Swap.” It even inspired John Sumser to chime [...]

yada, yada … ebay wants to thwart google

Remember the Seinfeld (still the best show on TV) episode when Jerry joins forces with his nemesis Newman in an effort to get the postman a gig in Hawaii, far away from Manhattan? Sounds like something similar is going on with the titans of tech: eBay, Yahoo! and Microsoft. The Times explores a recent article by [...]

penny for my thoughts?

There’s an interesting new site called IndieKarma. The service enables bloggers to add a payment option, via PayPal, so readers can donate money every time they visit a specific blog. The cost? One cent. For an example of the look and feel, click here. Pros: 1) Readers can still see your content regardless. Payments are done on an [...]

careerbuilder’s ‘monk-e-mail’ not so private

AdRants is reporting that anyone can publicly access your CareerBuilder “monk-e-mail” by simply changing numbers in the URL.

the dark side of simplyhired’s new investment $