I’ve since been proven wrong, but I really thought it was a big mistake for Facebook to open up their site to everyone, ditching their .edu-only model. That said, it’s no surprise to see startups popping up that follow a similar strategy of exclusivity.
A 10-month-old site in California called Uloop hopes to find success […]

I received the following e-mail last night, compliments of my eBay account:

EBay’s site says over 100 million people use it. A lot of that is in the U.S. If everyone stateside gets this e-mail, well, that’s a lot of people. Such mass, free promotion must be nice. But will it be enough to make Kijiji […]

Alarm:clock broke the rumor that Google is interested in acquiring vertical job search engine Simply Hired (Cheezhead advertiser). The blogosphere is abuzz.
Simply Hired almost seems like it was built to be acquired by Google. Its angels are GOOG angels, its based in Mountain View, it targets the long tail and landed a MySpace deal, […]

It’s safe to say that Simply Hired’s stock rose quite a bit in my book this past week at the Kennedy Conference.
In the midst of attending their small, intimate after hours event in Manhattan and the after after hours dinner on the first night, I was able to connect with their staff in a manner […]

Word on the street is Craigslist sent cease and desist letters to Jobster, Simply Hired, Indeed and other vertical job search engines to stop spidering their job content.

If you live and recruit in San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C. or Boston, Craigslist is about to get a little more expensive.
According to BostonHerald.com, the classifieds site will be charging $25-per-post in those cities starting Oct. 22.
Says Craig, the move is to keep out spammy, fraudulent and just plain crappy listings. The move will […]

It was just a matter of time.
A new site called vFlyer allows users to create classifieds that are considerably more attractive than the text-only ads that have become so commonplace.

The service is free and all listings get pushed out to SimplyHired, Oodle, Vast, Edgeio and Google Base. I was surprised to hear that Indeed, Jobster […]