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It’s About Place (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 20th

by Cal McElroy, Guest Author Location is fundamental to our personal and business lives – yet it is a concept that is easily and often misunderstood. The Oxford Dictionary defines this word as “the point or extent of space that is occupied by a person, place or thing”. So a place is not a location

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Web 3.0 and Yahoo! HotJobs

Posted on Monday, Jun 18th

We have already discussed an overview of the online job industry and have reviewed CareerBuilder and Monster. Here, we take a look at Yahoo! HotJobs’ from the Web 3.0 perspective. HotJobs, originally, a job search engine, was founded in 1996. Yahoo! acquired HotJobs in 2002. Yahoo! The site has 20 million registered users and contains

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Web 3.0 and Monster

Posted on Friday, Jun 15th

We have already discussed the online job industry and have reviewed CareerBuilder. Here, we take a look at Monster’s offerings from Web 3.0 perspective. Monster, founded by Jeff Taylor in 1994, was the first online job search site. It pioneered the idea of having public resume database and job search agents. Monster has 18 million

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Web 3.0 and CareerBuilder

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 13th

CareerBuilder founded in 1995, is owned by Gannett, Tribune, and McClatchy. It is a job site where users can search or post jobs and resumes, gather information about companies and seek career related advice from experts. The site has 400 million monthly page views and over 21 million monthly unique visitors. The site averages more

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Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 9)

Posted on Saturday, Jun 9th

Publication businesses earn their revenues through advertising. Running a blog requires a great Ad Network partner to achieve success. for Om that has been FM. SM: When did you sign up with FM? OM: Right out of the gate, before I even left my job I had already signed. I think it was the end

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Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 8)

Posted on Friday, Jun 8th

Om Malik was one of the pioneers of the blogging movement. Here, he discusses his early days of blogging. SM: How did people find out about your blog? The mainstream media was certainly not talking about blogs yet. OM: I think there were a bunch of us talking about it. It was intriguing for me

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Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 7)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 7th

Om navigates his destiny through the market downturn … SM: Red Herring crashed too didn’t it? OM: Red Herring lasted a bit. As the market started to turn down, I think it was in September 2001, just before 9/11, I got a chance to go back to New York because I had not felt comfortable

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Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 5)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 5th

One of the seminal moments in Om’s evolution has been his stint at Forbes.com, which at the time, intersected with the infancy era of online media. SM: How did you get involved with Forbes? OM: Forbes had a piece on ARPANET which had a really profound impact on me. From there I kept building. Forbes

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