Winning on Google
More job seekers begin their job search on Google than with any other resource. Worldwide, Google handles over 105 million jobs-related searches each month. In the United States, Google handles over 45 million jobs-related searches each month.
Studies have shown that the top result in Google search results generally receives twice as many clickthroughs as the second listing and almost three times as many clickthroughs as the third result. The two sites that are the clear leaders in Google search results are Indeed and SimplyHired.
According to our 2nd Annual Job Board SEO Survey, two of the sites included with our AttnHR Job Marketing service (Indeed and SimplyHired) are the top result in over 60% of all jobs-related Google searches.
2nd Annual Job Board SEO Survey 1 - 2011
Job Board/
Aggregator |
Top Google Listing
(625 job searches) |
Top Google Listing
(Percentage) |
Increase/Decrease Since 2010 |
Indeed |
251 |
40.16% |
45.09% |
SimplyHired |
127 |
20.32% |
73.97% |
CareerBuilder |
77 |
12.32% |
-45.00% |
Monster |
29 |
4.64% |
-21.62% |
craigslist 2 |
13 |
2.08% |
-48.00% |
AttnHR Sites 3 |
391 |
60.48% |
44.28% |
| 1. |
Measures Google search engine optimization (SEO) results for 625 unique job search queries. |
| 2. |
According to Google's DoubleClick Ad Planner, craigslist is the 10th most-frequently visited site on the Web with more than 28 million visitors. craigslist's poor showing in Google search results reflects the consideration that craigslist does not attempt to influence Google search results via search engine optimization. |
| 3. |
AttnHR sites combine Indeed, SimplyHired and craigslist into a single entity. |
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