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Archive | February, 2007

what one knucklehead at tmp can teach us all about marketing

21. February 2007

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A week-or-so ago, the following “anonymous” comments were posted on Cheezhead by “Todd”: Jobs.com also offers low-priced job postings at $25 per posting. Not a bad site, and just as cheap (or even cheaper, when looking at San Fran) than Craigslist. Much cheaper than CareerBuilder, Monster, Crunchboard, etc. I just used them today and it [...]

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myspace takes aim at facebook photo-sharing title

19. February 2007

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Popular social networking site Facebook claims to be “the No. 1 photo-sharing site in the U.S.” They currently allow an unlimited number of photo uploads. MySpace apparently has taken note and wants to make a dent in the space. While recently uploading a few new pics on my MySpace page, I noticed the following update and [...]

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why facebook feels like google, circa 2001

16. February 2007

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It’s fair to say Facebook’s most loyal cheerleaders are those who practically built and “grew-up” with Facebook: early twentysomethings. In light of my most recent post touting the opinion that MySpace is better than Facebook, I received the loudest disapproval from this very age group. It’s OK. I’m not a Facebook hater. Go back to [...]

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blogs show-up in google web search results

15. February 2007

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Links to blog posts are starting to show-up in Google’s Web search results. In this instance, the footer: Although this is clearly testing-as-usual for Google, integrating blogs into primary search results would certainly mean one giant leap for bloggerkind.

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google checkout’s new look for ppc ads

14. February 2007

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If you’re a job board (or any e-commerce play for that matter) who is utilizing Google AdWords but haven’t implemented Google Checkout, the new look might be the catalyst to do so. Which ad do you think cuts through the clutter more effectively? Yeah, it’s a rhetorical question.

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monster readying announcement of big newspaper deal?

13. February 2007

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Sources tell me Monster Worldwide is set to announce a big deal with The Boston Globe and The New York Times later this week.

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my podcast with jim stroud

13. February 2007

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Jim Stroud has been bugging me for about a year to hangout in his Recruiter’s Lounge and do a podcast. It just never seemed like there was anything worth talking about. But when we talked last week on the phone about the biz and life in general, I was sold when he made the comment: [...]

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