Deal Radar 2009: Simply Hired

Simply Hired is a job search engine and recruitment network — a service that is, not surprisingly, much in demand at the moment. It searches thousands of job sites and companies and consolidates the information on its own site so that users can filter through it and conduct a search using keywords, company names, job

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Yahoo!’s Godot-like Wait for a Compelling Vision

Like its peer Google, Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) seems to be suffering from the window-shopping phenomenon that has touched online consumers as was reflected in yesterday’s Q1 results announcement.

Facebook’s Monetization Strategy (Part 1)

I have, so far, refrained from joining the hype machine around Facebook. However, things are plain out-of-control right now, with rumors about them turning down $6 Billion acquisition offer from Microsoft, and more recently, that $10 Billion is what they think they’re worth. All this, on an annualized revenue of how much? $150 Million, right?

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Job Search Engine Indeed CEO Paul Forster (Part 4)

SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? PF: We’ve built an extremely talented team across the board – from developers to sales executives. A large proportion found their jobs through Indeed itself, which is gratifying. We’re continuing to build the team and our current open positions are listed

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Job Search Engine Indeed CEO Paul Forster (Part 2)

SM: What was the market landscape like when you founded the company? PF: Online recruitment has been dominated by job boards, particularly Careerbuilder, Monster and Hotjobs and specialized sites like Dice for technology professionals. Indeed.com makes it possible for job seekers to search across these sites to find exactly the right jobs. Job seekers click

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Web 3.0 and Online Jobs: Synthesis

Jobs is one of the top segments online and contribute 25% of Internet ad revenues. Job sites like CareerBuilder, Monster, and Yahoo! HotJobs are fast replacing newspaper classifieds and becoming hot destinations for job seekers and recruiters. We have been reviewing the online job industry and have covered CareerBuilder, Monster, and Yahoo! HotJobs from a

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Web 3.0 and Jobs: Overview

Jobs is one of the top online segments in the US with $5.9 billion online advertising revenues, which constitutes around 25% of Internet ad revenues in the US. The online job market has been steadily taking away market share from newspaper classifieds. In this series, we will evaluate the online jobs category against the Web

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