Comments on: Job Boards and the Quest for Open Standards http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/ Thu, 17 May 2012 23:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 Martin Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:32:37 +0000 http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/#comment-3525 The board paying the lister to list, now that's an interesting idea, but you do have to worry about spam. It could happen for the big guys, but I don't think it would happen for "bolted-on" job boards (i.e., boards on sites not specializing in offering that service), where it's clearly meant to serve as as revenue stream. And I do agree with you, I don't see the $200-$250 price tag lasting long. Once some other A-list blog with similar traffic patterns begins to offer job posts for less, we'll begin to see some consolidation (or collusion) in order to keep prices relatively high (higher than AdSense or Federated Media, at least). The board paying the lister to list, now that's an interesting idea, but you do have to worry about spam. It could happen for the big guys, but I don't think it would happen for "bolted-on" job boards (i.e., boards on sites not specializing in offering that service), where it's clearly meant to serve as as revenue stream.

And I do agree with you, I don't see the $200-$250 price tag lasting long. Once some other A-list blog with similar traffic patterns begins to offer job posts for less, we'll begin to see some consolidation (or collusion) in order to keep prices relatively high (higher than AdSense or Federated Media, at least).

]]> By: Ian Holsman http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-3523 Ian Holsman Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:21:13 +0000 http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/#comment-3523 there already is a 'open api' look @ edgeio.com and indeed.com. they aggregate the smaller job boards to provide a common front. so .. I don't envision the 200-250 price tags are going to last as the boards get fragmented. you might even get to the case where a job-board pays the lister to list.. so it can get the ad-revenue. there already is a 'open api' look @ edgeio.com and indeed.com.
they aggregate the smaller job boards to provide a common front.

so .. I don't envision the 200-250 price tags are going to last as the boards get fragmented.
you might even get to the case where a job-board pays the lister to list.. so it can get the ad-revenue.

]]> By: Jay http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-3514 Jay Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:07:24 +0000 http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2006/08/25/job-boards-and-the-quest-for-open-standards/#comment-3514 LOL! "Dave Winer has volunteered to develop the API, and he possesses the objectivity necessary to do so" - is this the same Dave Winer that forked the Blogger API with one of his own, is still promoting his own <a href="http://bblfish.net/blog/page7.html" rel="nofollow">broken</a> approach to APIs and is antagonistic to the first truly open, community based API (the Atom Publishing Protocol)..? That's objective like inviting a Creationist in to teach evolution... LOL! "Dave Winer has volunteered to develop the API, and he possesses the objectivity necessary to do so" - is this the same Dave Winer that forked the Blogger API with one of his own, is still promoting his own broken approach to APIs and is antagonistic to the first truly open, community based API (the Atom Publishing Protocol)..? That's objective like inviting a Creationist in to teach evolution…

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