Archive | April, 2006
simplyhired secures $13.5 million funding from murdoch, others … to integrate with myspace
It’s already been a great week for SimplyHired. A news story today reveals the vertical job search engine has nailed down $13.5 million in new VC. Fox Interactive Media, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has thrown in $3.5 million, while Foundation Capital will throw in an additional $10 million. Add the fact that WebProNews is reporting SimplyHired’s [...]
Continue reading...step away from the mobile phone
17. April 2006
There’s a very troubling blog post by Microsoft’s Shally Steckerl and subsequent comment thread in which he outlines how to send text messages to people’s mobile devices via their phone number. He believes such a tactic is sound, and so do some of his readers. Shally (who I like and respect, by the way) says, “… [...]
Continue reading...it’s better on top
17. April 2006
EMarketer has a good study out today about the importance of showing up on Page One of a search engine’s results. According to the study, done by iProspect, 62 percent of search engine users click on links returned within the first page of search hits. A full 90 percent of users click on hits within [...]
Continue reading...mr. mom and a bucket o’ chicken
16. April 2006
A rerun of Mr. Mom aired this weekend (come to think of it, it’s on every weekend). Great flick. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. Anyway, Michael Keaton’s character, Jack Butler, makes an interesting statement when he arrives home after being laid off from a Detroit auto maker and his wife announces that [...]
Continue reading...clickz story on the progression of google base
13. April 2006
There’s a must-read over at ClickZ entitled “As Google Base Builds, Local Advertisers and Vertical Sites Get on Board.” Highlight: “Matthew Scherg used to post job ads on Monster.com, but the leads were lacking and the price became too high for SITE Staffing, his Wisconsin-based job placement firm. On Monday, the skilled staffing coordinator began posting free [...]
Continue reading...google calendar live
13. April 2006
Everyone’s buzzing about it, but I’ll just go right to the source for the skinny on Google Calendar.
Continue reading...yahoo! follows google’s lead into vertical creep with travel … is job search far behind?
12. April 2006
Yahoo! now enables users to search a variety of pricing options and sites when looking for flights or hotels. Checkout a search for “flights to new york.” Google has a similar solution which was introduced months ago. Find out more about Y!’s move via their blog. Wonder how long it’ll take them to integrate similar functionality [...]
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