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By: CAREERMAP » Valley in merger fever: Google looks at SimplyHired?

CAREERMAP » Valley in merger fever: Google looks at SimplyHired? — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:36:05 +0000

[...] SimplyHired recently launched its job-o-matic service, which lets bloggers create their own job boards, and they signed deals to power MySpace and LinkedIn jobs. SimplyHired has raised $17.7 million from Fox Interactive Media (News Corp), Foundation Capital and others, most recently at a rumored sub-$40 million post money valuation. See our coverage here. [...]

By: BlogForward : Money » Valley in merger fever: Google looks at SimplyHired?

BlogForward : Money » Valley in merger fever: Google looks at SimplyHired? — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:20:22 +0000

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:36:06 +0000

According traffic measurement tools visit following thread: http://webmeasurement.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/siliconbeat-beats-webanalytics-industry/

By: Phil Carpenter

Phil Carpenter — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:12:24 +0000

Leon: to build on Dave’s comment … With Alexa, you get what you pay for.

Actual traffic growth is quite robust when a) you use a more reliable data source, like comScore, and b)when you add partner traffic to the traffic to simplyhired.com. With more than 130M MySpace members, there are boatloads of them hunting for jobs at any given moment.

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:41:12 +0000

Leon: while i won’t comment on the overall accuracy (or lack thereof) of Alexa traffic metrics, regardless i don’t believe the MySpace & LinkedIn traffic #’s are included in the Simply Hired alexa ranking.

[full disclosure: i'm an investor in Simply Hired, and former employee / current advisor]

By: Web Strategy by Jeremiah » SimplyGrowth at SimplyHired

Web Strategy by Jeremiah » SimplyGrowth at SimplyHired — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:35:00 +0000

[...] SimplyHired is advancing it’s exposure to the NYPost and allowing the MySpace generation to upload resumes writes Venture Beat. “…it will power the online job search of the nationâ€™s fifth largest newspaper, the New York Post. It will also introduce â€œResume Postâ€ on MySpace. This lets job seekers at MySpace also post their resume to six different job boards at once, including Monster, CareerBuilder, Job.com, GettingHired, Net-Temps and Beyond.com…”Â [...]

By: Simply Hired expansion « Technically Speaking

Simply Hired expansion « Technically Speaking — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:17:38 +0000

[...] Simply Hired, will be announcing today of powering the New York Post’s online job search. This is the 5th biggest paper in the country. They are also announcing something called “Resume Post” on MySpace. They already power MySpace Jobs. Not to forget they also are powering LinkedIn Jobs. I think they have pretty much covered all bases. Oh, one last thing, they have $17.7 million in financing from News Corp and it’s base of companies. [...]

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:08:52 +0000

Simply Hired appears to be a job and resume bank. The site seems to have been launched in early 2005. Traffic on the site has been declining in 2006 according to Alexa. CNN Money reported in April 2006 that the company raised $13.5 million from News Corp and Foundation Capital. Another $3 million was raised in August 2005 according to the companyâ€™s press release.