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Could Google be contemplating a purchase of SimplyHired?

google simplyhiredCould Google possibly buy another company? You bet, there is always room inside the what seems to be the hollow halls of the Googleplex.

Rumors are getting passed around about a purchase of SimplyHired, the job search engine. SimplyHired, who just raised $13M from NewsCorp has over 2 million monthly uniques, which is a perfect traffic amount to make a sizable income from Google's AdWords. Can anyone count the number of companies Google has bought this year on one hand?

SimplyHired has been focused on building the largest online database of jobs on the planet, making it a simple and easy to use location for jobhunters.

[via TechCrunch]

Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software

MySpace launches MySpace Jobs

MySpace launches MySpace Jobs
Anyone who tells you MySpace is all fun (unless you're at an Apple Store), games, stalking and phishing has another thing coming. MySpace has just launched MySpace Jobs, a new job and resume posting area powered by SimplyHiredthat isn't without a sense of humor:

MySpace launches MySpace Jobs

Searching for jobs works as expected at MySpace, but posting a resume strangely whisks you away from MySpace entirely to SimplyHired's site to, no pun intended, get the job done.

All in all this feels like a great idea for such a massive social network, though one should probably clean up their profile before embarking on a MySpace job hunt.

As a side note: is the rounded corner design of the job search area (pictured above) quite possibly the first sign of any actual web 2.0-ness at MySpace, despite what Peter Chernin says?

Filed under: Web services

Funding Watch: $25 mil. for Facebook, 13.5 for SimplyHired

FacebookLast we heard Facebook was up on the block for nothing less than $2 billion, but now they're saying they were never interested in selling in the first place. According to SiliconBeat, the king of social networking sites for the college set has just accepted $25 million in funding from some Silicon Valley investors and marketing says, "It has never been our intention to sell the company." Facebook, according to comScore Media Metrix, is the seventh most-visited site on the web.

And over on the other side of the web, job meta-search site SimplyHired has raised $13.5 million from Fox Interactive and Foundation Capital, despite the fact that Google is hovering ominously around the corner with its own job search project.

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