When it comes to covering the search engine industry, the press seems to begin and end with Google happenings, something this author is guilty of as well. However, it’s always nice to cover the happenings of Google’s competitors, provided they’ve done something to warrant said coverage.
Such is the case with Google’s biggest competitor, Yahoo! While Google has been making headlines with their Google Earth launch, among others, Yahoo has been quietly upgrading their HotJobs property.
According to Michael Nguyen of the SocialPatterns blog, Yahoo HotJobs search results are organized into three separate categories: Sponsor Companies, Featured Job Results, and Job Results from the Web. Each of these result categories offers just what they say: Sponsor Companies is just that; companies that have paid Yahoo to be listed, which is similar to the Featured Job Results. Results from the Web are what they say; jobs found on the web by Yahoo’s spider and haven’t paid to be included.
Michael also indicates Yahoo is populating their job search index with listings from Careerboard, Jobvertise, and Backpage. HotJobs is also receiving openings from government, school and corporate job boards.
Yahoo’s new job engine is live and can be used by anyone, no registration required.
Chris Richardson is a search engine writer and editor for Murdok. Visit Murdok for the latest search news.
