Top job search engines - the list

Vertical job search engines have hit the job board world like a tornado - there has been  heated discussion about the future of job search engines (also known variously as job aggregators and job metasearch sites) but this is the only list that I am aware of.

First, the top 10 (North American) and traffic graphs from compete.com for the top five  top-five vertical job search engine bottom five  top-five vertical job search engine and for comparison's sake a Google trends graph for the top five:

updated 3-27-10

  1. indeed.com
  2. simplyhired.com
  3. topusajobs.com
  4. juju.com (job-search-engine.com)
  5. careerjet.com
  6. linkup.com
  7. jobalot.com
  8. justjobs.com
  9. gojobs.com
  10. getthejob.com

And here is the comprehensive list.  These are arranged by the location of the company because so many of the search engines operate worldwide:

Americas

Asia

Europe & Middle East

Now, more of these sites are surely on the way. So, we're moving closer and closer to a situation in which the same jobs are available on every job board. Who wins in that case -- the team with the best interface and results? The team with the best marketing? Will one company dominate in both areas? Who do you think it will be?

Or maybe when the venture capital money is gone, the largest sites will fold and the leanest of the bootstrappers will carry the torch. There's an interesting discussion about the viability of vertical search at Talentism.

My own belief? You can count on more than one long-run winner from this bunch - perhaps one or two of the generalist boards and a number of niche verticals similar to DiversityJobs.com. Who's your money on?

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