Super sourcers (and sales people) rejoice! Yep, here’s one that will have the Shally’s of the world foaming at the mouth. Rubel outlines CogMap, a wiki that empowers anyone, employee or not, to create organizational charts for any company, big or small. This is going to spook a lot of companies. Now, there’s no way to know [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2006
CareerBuilder may be powering the employment section on MSN – and paying millions for the privilege – however, for Microsoft’s latest iteration of Internet Explorer (which is pretty good, actually), the company chose Monster as the job provider of choice for users to plug into their browser. Oops! It should be noted the new IE enables users [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2006
The New York Times is reporting a partnership between Yahoo! and major newspaper chains across the country. A consortium of seven newspaper chains representing 176 daily papers across the country is announcing a broad partnership with Yahoo to share content, advertising and technology, another sign that the wary newspaper business is increasingly willing to shake hands [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2006
In typical, lovable, grumpy-old-man fashion, John Sumser got in my grill at Kennedy 2 weeks ago about Google. I wasn’t as cohesive as usual, following consecutive nights of alcohol consumption, but his comments were something like: Google traffic is crap. Google is responsible for only 3 percent of my traffic. Google is a horrible medium to drive a [...]
Continue reading...16. November 2006
It’s on this weekend, kids. Go Bucks! Go Brownies! Special thanks to lil’ Cheezhead for humoring his camera-crazy dad.
Continue reading...15. November 2006
Boo-yeah! Jim Cramer, popular stock pundit, recommends Yahoo! acquire Monster. Buzztracker reports: Cramer had his third idea: Yahoo! could acquire Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNST). Monster provides online recruitment services worldwide. It operates in two segments: Monster; Advertising and Communications. It controls 48% of job listings and charges a premium to other job sites. Yahoo! already owns [...]
Continue reading...15. November 2006
Consultant Bruce Clay chimes in with a nice commentary on Google Base, one year after its launch. On searching jobs: I decide to play with a few of the categories. Let’s start out in jobs. Google already knows my zip code and has brought up a list of jobs in my area. Drats, if only I had [...]
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21. November 2006
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