﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dv3="http://schemas.4matnetworks.com/DV3/1.0/"><channel><title>The 4MAT Blog</title><link>http://www.4mat.com/blog/RSS.aspx?usepaging=1&amp;category=&amp;sd=5&amp;maxitems=-1&amp;sitebound=0&amp;pagesize=10&amp;todate=31%2f07%2f2009+00%3a00%3a00&amp;status=LIVE&amp;sortby=0&amp;startdate=01%2f07%2f2009+00%3a00%3a00&amp;groupitems=0&amp;mode=3&amp;sortdirection=desc</link><description>News &amp; opinion from 4MAT - Powering your online recruitment world!</description><ttl>15</ttl><language>en-gb</language><generator>4mat.com DV3</generator><item><title>Is the Microsoft/Yahoo team-up a good thing? </title><link>http://i4m.at/8E</link><description>&lt;a href="http://i4m.at/8E" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border:none;float:left" alt="Article Image" src="http://www.4mat.com/File.aspx?path=ROOT/Images/bingyahoo.PNG&amp;height=60&amp;width=60"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

The recent news that Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to team up to take on Google will have raised quite a few eyebrows in the search world. It's... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8E' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-digitalpr' &gt;Digital PR&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8E'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8E' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>(Re)direct your way to success</title><link>http://i4m.at/8F</link><description>&lt;a href="http://i4m.at/8F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border:none;float:left" alt="Article Image" src="http://www.4mat.com/File.aspx?path=ROOT/Images/signpost-small.JPG&amp;height=60&amp;width=60"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;How often have you followed a link on a website, to be hit with that old favourite, a 404 “Page Not Found” screen.&amp;nbsp; A user’s usual response to t... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8F' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-websitedevelopment' &gt;Website Development&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8F'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8F' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protecting your brand reputation through social media</title><link>http://i4m.at/8G</link><description>Many recruitment firms are still under the impression that to operate online all they need is a great recruitment website that has been properly opti... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8G' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-recruitment' &gt;Recruitment&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-searchmarketing' &gt; Search Marketing&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8G'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8G' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting to know your clients</title><link>http://i4m.at/8H</link><description>In the recruitment world keeping in touch with your current clients and attracting new ones has never been more important than right now. With many c... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8H' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-4mat' &gt;4MAT&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-emailmarketing' &gt; Email Marketing&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-recruitment' &gt; Recruitment&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-websiteanalytics' &gt; Website Analytics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8H'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8H' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Real life mimics search</title><link>http://i4m.at/8I</link><description>It would seem that Google Maps has quite successfully wormed its way into our collective psyche. Google Maps markers are starting to appear on street... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8I' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-fun' &gt;Fun&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-searchmarketing' &gt; Search Marketing&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8I'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8I' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Facebook continues to grow</title><link>http://i4m.at/8J</link><description>According to Facebook, user numbers rocketed a further 50 million over the last 3 months. This is unprecedented growth, and the overall userbase of F... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8J' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-socialmedia' &gt;Social Media&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8J'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8J' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Twitter Security Breach</title><link>http://i4m.at/8K</link><description>On their official blog Twitter announced today that about a month ago an employee's personal email account was hacked, which then enabled said hacker... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8K' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-socialmedia' &gt;Social Media&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8K'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8K' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft Plays the Google Game</title><link>http://i4m.at/8L</link><description>Microsoft have decided to play by the same set of rules that Google have been following for the last few years, namely stepping all over the competit... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8L' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt;World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8L'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8L' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo! Search Pad Released to Public</title><link>http://i4m.at/8M</link><description>&lt;a href="http://i4m.at/8M" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border:none;float:left" alt="Article Image" src="http://www.4mat.com/File.aspx?path=ROOT/Images/yahoo-search-pad.jpg&amp;height=60&amp;width=60"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last week Yahoo! released Yahoo! Search Pad, an additional search tool aimed at helping you more efficiently keep track of your searches, making note... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8M' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-searchmarketing' &gt;Search Marketing&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8M'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8M' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Launches Twitter Offensive</title><link>http://i4m.at/8N</link><description>It seems that even the internet giant Google has jumped on the tweeting bandwagon. Google have launched a range of Twitter accounts to cater for the ... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8N' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-socialmedia' &gt;Social Media&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8N'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8N' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Neglecting candidates can damage client relationships</title><link>http://i4m.at/8O</link><description>For many recruitment agencies this recession is the first that they have experienced, with the past few years being a strong candidate market. Now th... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8O' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-recruitment' &gt;Recruitment&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8O'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8O' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Social Media marketing on the rise</title><link>http://i4m.at/8P</link><description>&lt;a href="http://i4m.at/8P" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border:none;float:left" alt="Article Image" src="http://www.4mat.com/File.aspx?path=ROOT/Images/social media  marketing.jpg&amp;height=60&amp;width=60"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Social media marketing has been gaining momentum over the past few years and companies have been allocating their marketing budgets accordingly. Mark... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8P' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-socialmedia' &gt;Social Media&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-worldwideweb' &gt; World Wide Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8P'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8P' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surge in on-line applications for NES</title><link>http://i4m.at/8Q</link><description>&lt;a href="http://i4m.at/8Q" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border:none;float:left" alt="Article Image" src="http://www.4mat.com/File.aspx?path=ROOT/Images/NES.png&amp;height=60&amp;width=60"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This week Recruitment International published an article highlighting the increased number of applications NES, the international recruiter for engin... &lt;a href='http://i4m.at/8Q' &gt;more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;B&gt;Categor(ies):&lt;/B&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-recruitment' &gt;Recruitment&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://www.4mat.com/blog/category-websiteanalytics' &gt; Website Analytics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://i4m.at/8Q'&gt;&lt;img src='http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://i4m.at/8Q' border='0' height='61' width='51' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>