Out of the 2.0 field, Paul and his team at Indeed have made some great strides, so much so that I think Indeed is the clear 2.0 champ, but as I am sure Paul will agree, HR is slow to respond, making monetization difficult in a PPC model, even with the strong traffic and demonstrable results. Paul, I think you have surpassed 3.5 million unique visitors per month? Close to 20% of Monster and Careerbuilder traffic levels give or take. I would venture a guess that you have not hit 20% of M or CB’s revenue:) It’s a shame, entrepreneurs like Paul put it all on the line to build a business that can help HR, but no love from HR. Sooner or later, HR must do something about their displeasure with the status quo and try new initiatives. This stuff is great to talk about, but it may all fade unless HR joins the party.

I didn’t drop any zeros. That’s not a typo. It says 400 users. Compare that with the fact that job boards and search engines like ours are sending tens of thousands of applicants every month to jobs on Microsoft’s own website. Perhaps Microsoft was smart to give their Facebook fan page a try – after all, it got them a mention in the Journal – and maybe, just maybe, its user numbers will grow. But commentators should really put the impact of these kinds of Web 2 experiments into some kind of proper perspective.