- Eluta.ca
Eluta.ca is a
job search engine that specializes in locating jobs in Canada. The Toronto-based search engine was launched on June 8, 2006 by the principals of Mediacorp Canada Inc., a specialty Canadian publisher of employment periodicals. [cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/archive/view.php?archive=1&StoryID=20060608-012355-5416r|title=United Press International, June 8, 2006] Eluta.ca lets people find new job announcements by searching tens of thousands of employer websites across Canada.Eluta aims to make every new job announcement in Canada searchable at no cost to the employer or job-seeker. [cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/about|title=About Eluta] To do this, Eluta.ca uses a variety of indexing and mathematical techniques to monitor vacancies at over 71,000 employers across Canada. One reviewer recently called the site the "Google for jobs". [cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/press|title=Saul Weiner, "Eluta - Google for Jobs", April 29, 2006] Unlike large job boards, no person determines the order of search results on Eluta, which are listed by relevance. [cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=6ce38af3-8616-45ed-b1f5-80b310515780|title=National Post, "Search Engine Eluta Brings Job Postings Direct from Employers' Sites Canada-wide", May 10, 2006]
The
vertical search engine indexes only primary sources (no job boards or agency jobs are listed). As well, Eluta.ca includes employer reviews and other editorial information for job-seekers in its search results. [cite web|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060607.gtjobs0607/BNStory/Technology/einsider/|title=Globe and Mail, "Search Engine Opens for Canadian Job Seekers", June 7, 2006] These reviews are licensed from Mediacorp's line of employment periodicals, includingCanada's Top 100 Employers . TheToronto Star recently described Eluta.ca as a "sea change" for job-searchers, stating that the site's attraction is its "simplicity and power". [cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1056806361.html?dids=1056806361:1056806361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+12%2C+2006&author=Tyler+Hamilton&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=C.01&desc=A+newer+approach+to+job+sites+a+click+away|title=Toronto Star, June 12, 2006]Like a growing number of search engines, Eluta has an open
application programming interface , which lets programmers and website developers incorporate its data into other web applications. The API complies with the newOpenSearch XML protocol, an emerging standard that allows search engines to share their results in a standard and accessible format. Several websites have already created mashups using Eluta's data. [cite web|url=http://www.itnovascotia.com/Jobs/tabid/69/Default.aspx|title=ITNovaScotia.com]Similar job search engines include:
Indeed.com (USA),SimplyHired.com (USA),Bixee.com (India) andRecruit.net (Hong Kong). [cite web|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/search_20_what_is_next.php|title=Read/Write Web, "Search 2.0 - What's Next" (December 13, 2006)]References
External links
* [http://www.eluta.ca Eluta.ca]
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