Comments for Recruitment SEO blog

Comment on Free versus Paid by Dave Bancroft

Dave Bancroft — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:00:05 +0000

Coincidentally, I just stumbled on this article about how SEO and usability go had in hand — worth a read:

http://www.antezeta.com/blog/seo-usability

Comment on This is a democracy – use your vote by Exsurgo Executive Jobs

Exsurgo Executive Jobs — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:51:50 +0000

Ahh – I see you mean like this – with a link to my site – Exsurgo Executive Jobs in the ‘name’ field. Thanks for the tip (and the link!)

Comment on SEO Template for Job Descriptions and Job Details pages by David Mann

David Mann — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:24:00 +0000

Thanks for this information. I found it very useful.

David Mann
Exsurgo
http://exsurgo-group.com

Comment on SEO Template for Job Descriptions and Job Details pages by Jessica Meher

Jessica Meher — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:14:06 +0000

Great template, this is very helpful! I will definitely forward this to all of our clients. Thanks again, Jessica Akken staffing software and recruiting software

Comment on A Tweet in store for innovative online recruiters by Jessica Meher

Jessica Meher — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:12:14 +0000

Hi Dave,

Good article, thanks for including my quote!

Cheers,
Jessica
Akken staffing software and recruiting software

Comment on Gain some insight! by Dave Bancroft

Dave Bancroft — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:32:03 +0000

Its amazing how many job descriptions still say “a fantastic opportunity for the right individual” – as can be seen by searching Google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=a+fantastic+opportunity+for+the+right+individual

People don’t search for “opportunities” and do not consider themselves “individuals” — those writing the job descriptions can really benefit from some basic copywriting training and a sprinkling of SEO appreciation.

How about “a well paid job for a [insert job title here]” instead? That is more likely what they are looking for!

Comment on Workcircle endorses keyword-rich URLs with microsites by Dave Haygarth

Dave Haygarth — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:56:59 +0000

James

Thanks for the comments – the very point I was making was that keywords are important in domain names because of the link anchor text when people link to you. Keywords in a domain name without anyone linking to you using those keywords are – rightfully – irrellevant to Google. Try registering a domain such as ‘my-great-keywords.com’ and have every link pointing to it saying ‘motorcycle’. It might well show up for ‘motorcycle’ but unless the site’s CONTENT and META contain “my great keywords” a great deal, the keywords in the URL are useless.

Comment on Workcircle endorses keyword-rich URLs with microsites by James

James — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:18:40 +0000

adding to above, having just searched for the keywords above in google eg sales jobs

those domains above all appear on the front page. there are a couple above which dont, but thats because they dont have good sites behind them if at all.

Try It!!!!

Comment on Workcircle endorses keyword-rich URLs with microsites by James

James — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:11:01 +0000

umm actually keywords in domain names are very important! just look at todays search results. Maybe they only play a small part in the whole "getting to the top" thing, but when you get 150,000 web results, those top 10 places are only a small fraction of results. Sure, we can all build the same websites and have the same seo done for a certain keyword, but the only edge you can have over any other company is the keyword domian, or one containing it. i think what Workcircle have done is a very wise move, shame they couldnt get www.itjobs.co.uk www.marketingjobs.co.uk www.salesjobs.co.uk www.engineeringjobs.co.uk www.cateringjobs.co.uk www.financialjobs.co.uk www.adminjobs.co.uk www.legaljobs.co.uk www.retailjobs.co.uk www.healthcarejobs.co.uk www.constructionjobs.co.uk that would be much much better!

Comment on Jobsite: When SEO isn’t the only answer by Dave Bancroft

Dave Bancroft — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:44:22 +0000

I think they are going to see increasing competition from the job aggregators or “job search engines”.

They need to be a “destination site”. Many people coming out of long term employment due to redundancy and the credit crunch will not know which job board is best for them. The will naturally turn to Google first (or perhaps Jobsite if it really does become a household name).