Posted on 20 June 2010 by Sinead Bunting
So, you may have seen on Friday the news that Google has continued its plans to enter the property market, allowing UK users to search for property on Google maps. We are able to drill down on the overlay icon and search by property type, number of bedrooms etc. The first thought of many recruitment types will have been, is this an indication of future Google plans for another major classified area: jobs? A Google spokesman stated that the property market made sense as half of all search queries have a geographical component. The location of where we work is of course important to us. We know spending too much of your day getting to and from work is a major pain and it has an impact on our work life balance. Research I recall, from a few years ago (maybe from The Newspaper Society) showed that a significant proportion...