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linked page. The major search engines (AltaVista, Google, HotBot, Lycos etc.) all
have a mechanism for searching and understanding the way that information
is cross linked. The patterns involve a large dose of common sense but are
fairly interesting in the details. To try this process, visit the Altavista search engine and enter the
following:
link:http://www.interbiznet.com
The search results will show you many of the 7,000 links around the web
that point to our company website. This simple procedure is at the root of
the "Advanced Internet Recruiting" training programs offered by companies
around the net. It is often called "site flipping".
In the links to a company website, one can find links to competitors
and the resumes of past employees.
Another widely promoted technique, sometimes called "x-raying a
website" utilizes commercial spiders to map the directory and file
structure of a website. This often makes personnel directories and phone
lists easy to spot. A useful tool for this function is Flash Site which will log
and categorize all elements of a large corporate website.
While the underlying concepts may be new to novice web users, these are
really straightforward applications of the technology that makes the web
what it is. On an important level, understanding how to use these tools is
essential for a complete understanding of what is possible in web
commerce. That said, rather than "Advanced Techniques", these tools and
concepts are really simple introductions to the power of the new medium.
By aggressively suggesting that modest web competence is somehow
"advanced", a number of companies have made a solid living teaching the
basics to novices. The marketing spin makes learning fundamentals all the
more sexy.
Unfortunately, as the number of recruiters who have been trained in
these principles mushrooms (we estimate that 25,000 have received formal
training while an additional 25,000 have received in house training) the
effectiveness of the techniques declines rapidly. With 50,000 trained
researchers scavenging the web for resumes on free databases and looking
at the details of corporate websites, the ability to find that "just right
candidate" is deteriorating quickly.
Like all internet tools, these techniques decline in
effectiveness in direct proportion to the number of users.
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