Seth Yates - Latest Comments

Re: About

Debbie Briscoe — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:51:59 -0000

Seth,

Please contact me.

Re: Seth Yates » Swine flu 8 weeks away…until then, there’s Codral

jules — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:41:50 -0000

I assume this is context based. Is Atlas providing that option?

Re: Seth Yates » Perfect storm hits Fairfax as rivers flow online - Melbourne Herald Sun

PaulW — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:50:34 -0000

"Shareholders are merely bystanders in all this. There is no way Fairfax is going to go to them for fresh capital."

Re: Seth Yates » This site may harm your computer

PaulW — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:34:21 -0000

Human error: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-sit....

Re: New CareerOne launched

sethyates — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:13:28 -0000

Hi Michael,

No, I have had absolutely nothing to do with CareerOne. They've been around in various incarnations for many years.

I still stick by my comments regarding not needing another generalist job board. Jobspeed appears to be focussed on IT jobs only (still not sure what additional value they're adding though).

Its also interesting to see innovative sites like Hoojano and 2Vouch launch.

Re: Kris Kringle ideas

nardz — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:16:43 -0000

any funny kris kringle ideas?

Re: Seth Yates » Travel next month

Mark Cohen — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:06:22 -0000

I'm exhausted just reading about it. While you're galavanting round the globe, I'll be playing Mr Mum :-\

Have fun ;)

Re: Restful.NET 1.0 released.

sethyates — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:06:45 -0000

Yep. That was about 3 years ago.

Re: Restful.NET 1.0 released.

peter — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:44:11 -0000

is that link dead?

Re: WebDirections South 2008

John Allsopp — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:27:22 -0000

Thanks Seth,

looking forward to seeing the large IDM posse there,

john

Re: Aurora: A vision for future web browsing

Mark Cohen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:28:50 -0000

The future is here. All this is in the iphone already ;o)

Re: MyCareer rolls back new search

jb — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:34:29 -0000

try http://mycareer.com.au/?searchtype=b you're probably on the wrong side of the A/B testing

Re: MyCareer rolls out new search

mike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:08:02 -0000

that is pretty impressive seth
as is your spruiking of the "ex" :)

Re: Hosting company fail

sethyates — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:49:13 -0000

HostMonster

Re: Hosting company fail

Mark Cohen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:50:20 -0000

Who's the hosting co? :)

Re: LinkedIn has critical mass in Australia; job boards fans

jorge albinagorta — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:55:05 -0000

Hello Seth, nice piece. Seems that LinkedIn seems to be destined to be one key element of what I call a multi-platform talent sourcing plan. This is what smart recruiters do: they look everywhere. That shows in the mycareer ad you alluded to and that's what seek did as far back as april last year http://tinyurl.com/6mxhal

Still, the network is still largely unexploited as far as recruitment goes. The main reason for that is the very nature of the service/product: LinkedIn is not a resume database, it is a professional network - and that's not just semantics. For that reason, as many people will attest, engaging potential candidates on the system is hard yakka because you cannot use the gunshot approach to trawling people with classifieds.

The thing, the effort is worth it. You find people you don't normally tap into via job boards, you have a better platform to push your employer brand, etc.

So far so good, let's see what happens after the ipo if it happens. Let's see also how recruiters get to use the system to fully utilise exploit it without mucking it up.

Re: LinkedIn has critical mass in Australia; job boards fans

sethyates — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:21:35 -0000

@carruthk indeed. I think a few other instances recently of such co-opetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coopetition) are the recently announced deals between Drive.com.au and CarsGuide.com.au (http://www.nathanhuppatz.com/ebay-powerseller-b...) and Ebay.com.au (http://www2.ebay.com/aw/au/200804291053552.html).

Re: LinkedIn has critical mass in Australia; job boards fans

carruthk — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:14:24 -0000

You've raised an interesting issue about competition and how the competitive landscape is changing now. Sounds like we're seeing cooperation/competition become tactical plays depending on the situation. In the past, really the only option seen as viable was competition.

Re: Website Returned To Owner, Unused But In Poor Condition

Mr.Gadget — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:14:30 -0000

P.S. Heck my site does as much traffic as MyHome.com.au...why won't someone sink $20 million into it? Help!?

Re: Website Returned To Owner, Unused But In Poor Condition

Mr.Gadget — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:10:49 -0000

Unless you have something remarkably innovative or can do things much better than an existing established website, it's like beating a dead horse...

Re: CareerOne Takes Second Spot Again After Sharp Traffic Decline At MyCareer

missp — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:31:01 -0000

5% lost of RMS? Wait for MyCareer HeadHunter to take the leap Seth :)

Re: CareerOne Takes Second Spot Again After Sharp Traffic Decline At MyCareer

stuart little — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:59:32 -0000

Thanks - was at a loss

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/rms

Re: CareerOne Takes Second Spot Again After Sharp Traffic Decline At MyCareer

sethyates — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:10:05 -0000

It is Relative Market Share. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_relative_mark...

Re: CareerOne Takes Second Spot Again After Sharp Traffic Decline At MyCareer

AcidJasmine — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:03:23 -0000

WTF is RMS? IHNFI!

Re: CareerOne Takes Second Spot Again After Sharp Traffic Decline At MyCareer

stuart little — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:01:10 -0000

What is RMS?