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Archive | April, 2007

facebook leveraging seo, trumping myspace

11. April 2007

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I obviously don’t have internal data, but if you believe that content has a lot to do with traffic (and I do), then the fact that sites like LinkedIn, ZoomInfo and even Jobster make their profiles searchable has a lot to do with growing traffic numbers, brand awareness, sales and a whole lot of other [...]

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myspace adds simply hired’s ‘jobs’ to main nav

11. April 2007

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Hopefully this really is new and I haven’t just been missing it, but for the first time today I noticed a Jobs link in MySpace’s main search navigation. Yeah, it’s a secondary category, so you have to click on a little arrow to see it, but it’s there nonetheless. When I recently asked if Jobster would [...]

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jobster so ‘not’ myspaced

10. April 2007

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On March 30, Jobster touted its new MySpace profile via “We’re so MySpaced … .” I quickly joined, adding my profile to the 400-plus that were already “friends.” I was even alerted that I had made their Top 8 list from Kara, the site admin. Happy day! So imagine my surprise when I noticed I had [...]

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of ‘losers’ and new leaders

9. April 2007

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By now, every industry person knows John Sumser will be taking over at Recruiting.com. Those particularly in-the-know are aware the selection has sparked a good deal of (mostly private) protest. I myself have been trying to find some silver lining in the move and tend to fall in the “wait and see” camp. Sumser is [...]

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jobfox

6. April 2007

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Unless I get an exclusive or something really blows my hair back, I typically hate blogging about news releases. Any chucklehead can repost a news release, and many do. Then it’s a race to see who get it on Recruiting.com first. Puh-lease! Give me some meat. Anyway, maybe because it’s Friday or because it’s the home [...]

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how deep is your link?

6. April 2007

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Even if you don’t know ‘jack’ about search engine optimization, you could probably tell me which of the following would be more appealing to an engine: 1. 2. If you guessed No. 2, well done. If you guessed No. 1, time for a little refresher. Basically, search engines like a site that has a lot of deep [...]

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jobster’s silence deafening

5. April 2007

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Why am I so comfortable blogging here right alongside the right hand column on this blog which has feed after feed of public comments and criticisms? Answer: transparency. Embrace it. Don’t run from it. - Jason Goldberg, “Questions and Answers,” December 29, 2006 You never quite [...]

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