LiveDeal.com, the popular free local online classifieds site, as formed a relationship with MySpace partner SimplyHired, the search engine for jobs, to list all five million job listings on SimplyHired.com on the LiveDeal site. Employers and job seekers will also be able to post listings independently on LiveDeal.com.
Some info on LiveDeal.com (from LiveDeal) :
* In the month of August, more than 1.4 million unique visitors went to LiveDeal.com, seeking everything from jobs to pets to vehicles, furniture and appliances.
* According to comScore Media Metrix, online classifieds is one of the Internet’s fastest growing categories, with LiveDeal.com ranking among the category leaders. While the online classifieds category as a whole grew at 47 percent over the past year, LiveDeal’s growth in that same period was 104 percent.
“The Internet provides the ultimate in convenience, letting employers and job seekers search for what they want from the comfort of their home or office,” said Rajesh Navar, founder and CEO of LiveDeal. “Our new relationship with SimplyHired gives consumers access to the best and broadest inventory of jobs on the market today via LiveDeal’s sophisticated online classifieds platform, so they can connect locally. This relationship further strengthens LiveDeal’s position as a best-of-breed, cross-vertical local online marketplace.”