Every job board should constantly be seeking backlinks. The best sources for them come from job related blogs, college career services pages and of course, other job boards. But there is such a thing as bad backlinks. A new article on Search Engine Watch offers some good guidelines on how Google’s recent algorithm changes see…
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One job board acquired, another one expands (free)
Well, finally some good news on the job board front. 6FigureJobs, the first ever $100k job board has been acquired by California based Callidus Software for an unknown sum. According to my sources, 6FigureJobs was in decline but still has a huge database of candidates that seems to be very valuable to Callidus. Read the…
Decide what kind of job board you want to build (free)
I think you can go in two directions with job boards today. It really depends what your end goal is. Do you want to build a business? or is your goal just to monetize the domain name? 1. Build a ‘business’ based around community and jobs. (that’s what Rigzone did) Obviously this takes the most…
Before you build anything (free)
So you want to start a job board or some other type of online recruiting product? Better get some feedback first from your potential customers BEFORE you spend a dime on development. You really need to do your homework up front to see if your idea will solve a problem in the industry you are…
More ways to go mobile and new job sites (free)
Want to make your site mobile? check out JQUERY, it lets you create a mobile site with an online wizard. You can see an example on my wind power job board located at m.jobsinwindpower.com NEW JOB BOARDS Remarkablehire.com is some kind of sourcing/matching tool to recruit IT and Engineers. They got an article in the…
Is your job board on twitter?
If not you should be. Why? well first of all social media is free advertising. Who doesn’t want that? Secondly, its a way to engage your users and let them FOLLOW YOU. Thirdly its a way to promote your listings on social media and drive traffic to them. Not a ton of traffic but enough…
Job board news and notes (free)
Some things that caught my eye last week that job board owners should pay attention to. * Google is going to start penalizing sites that are “over-optimized“. http://searchengineland.com/too-much-seo-google%E2%80%99s-working-on-an-%E2%80%9Cover-optimization%E2%80%9D-penalty-for-that-115627 * Want to get into the job board software business? Xpanded Media is selling their classified software business. https://flippa.com/134350-classifieds-software-company-for-sale-established-profitable-business * Health care job board for sale. http://flippa.com/auctions/2707765/site…
An overcrowded niche (free)
The other day on ERE they had an announcement of another job site for veterans. Recently a site here in Connecticut got funding called Combat2Careers. These join a long line of military/veteran job boards already out there. Though their goal is a noble one, I think there may be too many of these sites to…
Before you buy hosting (free)
Before you purchase a web host for your job board use this quick tip to save money. Go to Retailmenot.com and type in the name of the web host you want to use. Press the search box and see what discount codes are available. Recently I put a new job board on MyHosting.com. As I…
Get a good logo
If you are starting a new job board (or any website) you absolutely NEED a professional logo. There’s just no excuse for NOT having one. Services like 99designs.com are an awesome way to get one for around $500 bucks. Last week I posted a project to get a new logo for what will hopefully be…