Comments on: is myspace divorcing simply hired? http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/07/28/oodle-myspac/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CareerServ http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/07/28/oodle-myspac/comment-page-1/#comment-114609 CareerServ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:31:40 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1541#comment-114609 I wish myspace, facebook and others would find other ways to make money then becoming a giant job board and candidate database, like linkedin has become. Job boards just pollute the true purpose and integrity of these sites. Robert @ www.CareerSitesCompany.com I wish myspace, facebook and others would find other ways to make money then becoming a giant job board and candidate database, like linkedin has become. Job boards just pollute the true purpose and integrity of these sites.

Robert @
http://www.CareerSitesCompany.com

]]> By: Wondering http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/07/28/oodle-myspac/comment-page-1/#comment-114509 Wondering Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:53:52 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1541#comment-114509 I think the real value of myspace for Simply Hired has been in terms of the Search Engine traffic. On numerous job related search queries you'll find some myspace/simplyhired entry in the first 20 or so results. I'm not sure of the core simplyhired traffic numbers, but their claimed network traffic of around 7 million uniques depends heavily on the myspace traffic. If this were to get transferred to oodle, that would be the real bad news for simplyhired. Ultimately though, the job verticals have to distinguish themselves from the more generic aggregators such as vast and oodle...and it's not too hard to do so if you know what you are really doing. I think the real value of myspace for Simply Hired has been in terms of the Search Engine traffic. On numerous job related search queries you’ll find some myspace/simplyhired entry in the first 20 or so results. I’m not sure of the core simplyhired traffic numbers, but their claimed network traffic of around 7 million uniques depends heavily on the myspace traffic. If this were to get transferred to oodle, that would be the real bad news for simplyhired.
Ultimately though, the job verticals have to distinguish themselves from the more generic aggregators such as vast and oodle…and it’s not too hard to do so if you know what you are really doing.

]]> By: Paul Pickthorne http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/07/28/oodle-myspac/comment-page-1/#comment-114505 Paul Pickthorne Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:03:55 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/?p=1541#comment-114505 Our free job posts are indexed by both SimplyHired and Oodle so I don't foresee any major impact for our users but it will be interesting to see how it develops. Paul Pickthorne Chief Free Officer Smuz, Inc www.smuz.com Our free job posts are indexed by both SimplyHired and Oodle so I don’t foresee any major impact for our users but it will be interesting to see how it develops.

Paul Pickthorne
Chief Free Officer
Smuz, Inc
http://www.smuz.com

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