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HOT TOPICS
- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
vertical search
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
Web 3.0 and ZipRealty
We have already discussed the online realty industry overview. Now we take a look at ZipRealty’s offering from a Web 3.0 perspective. ZipRealty, founded on January 25, 1999, operates as a full-service real estate brokerage firm. The company offers its services across 27 major markets in 16 states in the US and the District of
Job Search Engine Indeed CEO Paul Forster (Part 1)
We have been reviewing the Online Jobs vertical at length, and in this interview, will be speaking with Paul Forster, co-Founder and CEO of vertical search engine Indeed. SM: Please describe your personal background. PF: My professional background is in finance. I was an investment manager with the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm
eBay’s Vertical Classified Strategy
The WSJ reports that eBay has quietly opened its classifieds site, Kijiji (what a lousy name!) to the US audience, positioned to compete against the wildly popular Craigslist, in which it owns a 25% stake. One wonders why eBay doesn’t just buy Craigslist; the answer to that question is that Craigslist’s founder, Craig Newmark, has
Web 3.0 & the Semantic Web
My definition of Web 3.0 is one of the most popular entry points into this blog. In it, I proposed the vision of a web which becomes increasingly verticalized by “Context”, and the relevant Content, Community and Commerce elements are successfully mashed up “in Context”. I also proposed 2 other elements: Vertical / Contextual Search,
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
Web 3.0 and Yahoo! HotJobs
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
Web 3.0 and Monster
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
