Please review my new vertical Job Search Engine

[seemly]

I am all for monetization but sometimes its best to let your users experience the site without ads and then use that data to figure out how best to serve them without harming user experience. From what i can remember Facebook, Twitter, Youtube all started without ads to get that initial data.

Or wait until indeed.co.uk add functionality, features or advert placements then make a carbon copy of that, too...

Your site adds nothing that other job sites do not. It doesn't even house the actual job listings, it just links out to other sites and their listings = there is no real substance/content to the site.

Why would a search engine favour your site for ranking, never mind why would a user choose jobuzu over the other market leaders. It's not even a memorable domain name (or is this just me?)

 

[jobuzu]

Ok - I am not trying to get into a spat here - I've been in the industry for 15 years in my own business - so I do have a little experience. All I am trying to point out (having failed on a few sites in the past for not having a USP) is that in my humble experience you MUST have a USP to have longevity.

Users will need a reason to switch, newspapers a unique story to hang an article off and most of all, advertisers need a sound business-justification to pay you!

Users in this site can help you only so far and there are a lot of far better people than me that would say similar things about the USP and design (that has been mentioned previously in this thread).

As I said good luck, 'we' are simply trying to point out that all the hard work and effort you are putting in needs to be focused and channelled and the product needs to be 'newsworthy/unique/excellent' in order for you to increase traffic, users and loyalty beyond the initial flurry of activity.

TW

Ok but my question is what does Indeed, Simplyhired, JobRapido, JobisJob and the countless other search engines offer that is unique?

What separates Indeed from the others is its quality. What separates Jobuzu from the rest is its quality ranking. Instead of having the market dominated by a 'Google' there is always space for another option like for users i have spoken to say we rank differently so sometimes you don't find the job on other search engines because of the way they order results and find the job on here.

I understand the USP but again we do offer what i believe is a better search experience compared to SimplyHired, JobRapido and JobisJob. And with new features we will be rolling out over the coming months will gives us that extra edge.

And why is Google the most popular? Because of relevance and the same goes for Vertical search engines.

 

[jobuzu]

Or wait until indeed.co.uk add functionality, features or advert placements then make a carbon copy of that, too...

Your site adds nothing that other job sites do not. It doesn't even house the actual job listings, it just links out to other sites and their listings = there is no real substance/content to the site.

Why would a search engine favour your site for ranking, never mind why would a user choose jobuzu over the other market leaders. It's not even a memorable domain name (or is this just me?)

And what does Google do? What does Indeed do? Do you read your posts before actually posting them?

 

[DarkSky]

So, where are you planning on getting traffic from?

Google will drop you like a fly after the honeymoon period, if it hasn't already

 

[jobuzu]

So, where are you planning on getting traffic from?

Google will drop you like a fly after the honeymoon period, if it hasn't already

I give up! You people just don't understand the industry. I am not offering crap, people are using the site! If i was a MFA then i would understand but this is something that is useful. And Google accepts genuine aggregators that offer a good user experience.

My last post here since i was hoping for useful advice and not after being slated by some. Its easy to do it over the internet.

 

[DarkSky]

Good luck

 

[mat]

Excellent user experience and functionality, yet when I type in a postcode without a space, it doesn't work.

 

[seemly]

And what does Google do? What does Indeed do? Do you read your posts before actually posting them?

What does Google do? Seriously? You are comparing your site to Google and you want me to comment on that?

What does indeed do? It offers you slightly more than just inspiration. It not only offers you a platform to scrape and make a carbon copy of - literally - with naming conventions and CSS included, but it will also provide you with some available job openings when things don't quite pan out the way you hoped.

Do you read your posts before posting them?
Cheerio! Thanks for adding nothing to the Acorn community or the job search niche.

 

[Murray]

I give up! You people just don't understand the industry. I am not offering crap, people are using the site! If i was a MFA then i would understand but this is something that is useful. And Google accepts genuine aggregators that offer a good user experience.

My last post here since i was hoping for useful advice and not after being slated by some. Its easy to do it over the internet.

People are asking you what is different about your site, why would people use it over another job search site that is already established and how are you planning to market it and get visitors in the first place?

You don't seem to have an answer for these questions..

Don't you think that is a problem?.

People aren't asking to be rude, just to try and make you think.

 

[deluxedomains]

I find most people on this site are only here to help. i guess it is up to us if we listen to the advice we are given

good luck on your job site

 

[paymatters]

Nothing wrong with trying to replicate other successful businesses. Perhaps people will prefer your results if they are different. Just like others say the tricky bit is getting people using it.

Can't see anything about signing up to receive notification of new jobs. This would be a good feature if you stored peoples queries and notified them when a new one matched their prior search? If they visit once the key is to get them to keep coming back.

ALso when you click on a job they leave your site. Can't you keep them on it? Very easy to then start searching on the new site rather than yours.

To keep them on your site can you display more key info about each job ie salary etc

Good Luck! Miles

 

[martin-s]

Why join Acorn for feedback? Or are you sure it isn't just SEO you're after?