Trulia ponders rental listing fees, doubles rental business thanks to mobile access
Trulia CEO Pete Flint told Reuters Global Technology Summit attendees that the real estate and rental service site just might add rental listing fees to its current monetization methods, Reuters reported. Flint also told the audience that the site’s rental listings are doubling each year, with nearly all traffic coming from mobile. Our first question is what might happen to Trulia’s...
Read MorePatch.com takes newest revenue stab at community papers: sponsored yard sales
Garage sales, long the mainstay of community-newspaper classifieds, are cropping up on several Patch.com local sites, and have been added as a search feature on the free Patch mobile app. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreNew CareerBuilder tablet job search lets seekers see their competition
The new Tablet.CareerBuilder.com, only viewable on Apple or Android tablet, has added some slick new job-search, location and application features, including the ability to see info on other candidates. While no names are revealed, competitor information shown on job detail pages includes how many applied, where they work, where they went to school, and how much experience they have. (Job...
Read MoreJobaline digitizes print hourly-job ads via mobile, text
Recruitment startup Jobaline just launched at the end of April and already is approaching 10,000 completed job interviews, 70 percent of which were accessed by way of a mobile device. The English / Spanish job platform seeks to bridge the digital divide, allowing disadvantaged candidates – the 55 percent of hourly job seekers that can’t afford a smartphone – to apply quickly...
Read MorePinterest introduces added info for pins, many more mobile features
Social photo site Pinterest has rolled out a number of features that are designed to “make pins more useful,” according to its blog. Pinterest went out to other websites to add info to popular pins and boards. Here are some organizational changes: -Product pins for things like clothes and furniture with pricing, availability, and where to buy (updated every day!) -Recipe pins from...
Read MoreRecruitingTrends webinar tells how to make social media work for recruiting
In yesterday’s RecruitingTrends Making Social Media Work Webinar, Morale.me founder and JobScore blogger Joel Cheesman and Maren Hogan, founder of Red Branch Media, discussed social media, mobile and video as tools for recruiters. There was much for recruitment publishers to learn as well. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming...
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