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post Aug 29 2004, 03:09 AM [ Post #1 ]


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there is a discussion on searchenginewatch.com about Google buying Monster.com, below is my feelings on why I think Google would be interested in About.com or creating a Guide System similar to about.com

Isn't Monster.com and the job boards THE major advertisers on Google (and everywhere else on the net)?

If Google buys Monster.com, would not the other job boards see this as a threat to their businesses and think twice about advertising with a competitor?

Also, I think that there is more "friendship" between google and yahoo.com than seems apparent (I noticed for certain search terms that they don't duplicate each others results).

I see Google and Yahoo.com deciding to SHARE the search market (to keep others out) and not duplicate each other's strategies. Yahoo already owns hotjobs.com and has substantial stock in Google.

I don't know why, but ALL of the major media seems determined to ignore the fact that the government is offering employers job posting for free. At some point, the fact that every city will have a job board where employers in those cities can post jobs for free will have an impact on the major jobs board. I don't see MASS oriented job sites as having a great future since, (as one guy said to me), employment is LOCAL.

Google already has a RELATIONSHIP with about.com and it seems to me that it would be consistent with Google's strategy if it either bought about.com or created some kind of similar GUIDE system.

What has always bothered me about google is that it seems to be a company of very technical people, yet its database is based entirely on POP knowledge (I don't think the average person in American is an engineer).

Google has to see a need to have, let's say, more educated guides/filters that can direct businesses and technical people to more TECHNICAL information on the net.
 
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post Aug 29 2004, 03:57 AM [ Post #2 ]


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in re our position that craigslist is looking to charge real estate brokers a fee to post on craigslist (to make up for the job posting revenue stream which seems to have a very limited lifespan), we thought it interesting to see Primedia's listing of the Apartment Publications that it produces around the country

Primedia's Apartment Listings Publications


Greater Albuquerque/Rio Rancho/Santa Fe Apartment Guide®
Greater Amarillo/Canyon Apartment Guide®
Atlanta Area Apartment Guide®
Greater Augusta Apartment Guide®
Greater Austin Apartment Guide®
Metropolitan Baltimore Apartment Shoppers Guide
Greater Bay Area Apartment Guide®
Birmingham Apartment Guide®
Bloomington Apartment Shoppers Guide
The Brevard/Volusia Apartment Guide®
Broward/Palm Beach Apartment Guide®
Charleston Apartment Guide®
Greater Charlotte Apartment Guide®
Chicagoland Apartment Guide®
Coastal Georgia and South Carolina Apartment Guide®
Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Apartment Guide®
Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio Apartment Guide®
Greater Colorado Springs/Pueblo Apartment Shoppers Guide
Greater Columbia Apartment Guide®
Greater Columbus & Central Ohio Apartment Guide®
The Connecticut Apartment Guide®
Greater Corpus Christi Apartment Guide®
Metroplex Dallas/Ft.Worth Apartment Guide®
Greater Dayton Apartment Guide®
Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins Apartment Shoppers Guide
Metropolitan Detroit/Ann Arbor Apartment Guide®
Metropolitan Detroit/Ann Arbor Apartment Shoppers Guide
The Greater East Bay Apartment Guide® (Oakland)
Greater El Paso Apartment Guide®
Greater Evansville Apartment Shoppers Guide
Ft. Myers/Naples Apartment Shoppers Guide
Metro Houston Apartment Guide®
Greater Huntsville Area Apartment Guide®
Greater Indianapolis Apartment Guide®
Greater Indianapolis Apartment Shoppers Guide
Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley Apartment Guide®
Greater Kansas City Apartment Guide®
Lafayette/W. Lafayette Apartment Shoppers Guide
Las Cruces Apartment Guide®
Greater Las Vegas Apartment Guide®
Greater Little Rock Apartment Guide®
Greater Los Angeles Apartment Guide®
Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana Apartment Guide®
Greater Lubbock Apartment Guide®
Greater Macon/Warner Robins Apartment Guide®
Greater Memphis Area Apartment Guide®
Greater Miami Apartment Guide®
Greater Michiana/Northwest Indiana Apartment Shoppers Guide
Mississippi Gulf Coast Apartment Guide®
Nashville Apartment Guide®
The New England Apartment Guide®
New Jersey and New York Apartment Guide®
Northwest Florida Apartment Guide®
Greater Oklahoma City Apartment Guide®
Greater Omaha/Lincoln Apartment Guide®
Orange County, Long Beach & So. L.A. County Apartment Guide®
Greater Orlando Apartment Guide®
Philadelphia/Delaware/New Jersey Apartment Guide®
Metropolitan Philadelphia, Delaware & So. New Jersey Apartment Shoppers Guide
Greater Phoenix Apartment Guide®
Greater Puget Sound Apartment Guide® (Seattle)
Greater Reno Apartment Guide®
Greater Richmond Apartment Guide®
The Greater Sacramento Apartment Guide®
Greater St. Louis/Metro Illinois Apartment Guide®
Greater Salt Lake City Apartment Guide®
Greater San Antonio Apartment Guide®
Greater San Diego Apartment Guide®
The Greater San Francisco/Silicon Valley Apartment Guide®
Greater Shoals Area Apartment Guide®
Greater Tidewater/Peninsula Apartment Guide®
Greater Toledo/NW Ohio/SE Michigan Apartment Guide®
Greater Triad Area Apartment Guide®
Triangle Area Apartment Guide®
Research Triangle Area Apartment Shoppers Guide
Greater Tucson/Sierra Vista Apartment Guide®
Greater Tulsa Apartment Guide®
Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia Apartment Shoppers Guide
 
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