"February Job Frenzy:" Monster.com Catapults to 80th Most-Visited Site On the Internet.MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1999-- Site Reaches 3.9 Percent of Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Population During Month of February Monster.com, part of the Interactive Division of TMP TMP (thymidine monophosphate): see thymine. Worldwide (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : "TMPW"; ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange : "TMP"), today announced that the site is the 80th most-visited site on the Internet. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. independent research conducted by Media Metrix, 3.9 percent of the entire Internet population visited Monster.com during the month of February -- more than double that of its nearest competitor. The thirty-percent increase in reach from January to February propels Monster.com to the 80th most-visited site on the Internet, further extending the company's lead in the online careers category. Monster.com attributes the increase in reach to the January merger of The Monster Board(R) and Online Career Center to form Monster.com, the company's first-ever television commercial broadcast during the Super Bowl, and the emergence of online recruiting as the newest "hot category" on the Internet. Today, Monster.com offers more than 180,000 job opportunities from thousands of companies, a resume database containing more than 1.1 million resumes, and receives nearly 6 million unique visits per month. "Online job seeking is one of the hottest applications on the Internet, and we made some aggressive business moves with the merger and the Super Bowl commercial to ensure Monster.com's leadership position in this space," said Jeff Taylor For the U.S. Attorney, see . For the wrestler, see . Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com. He attended UMass Amherst and joined the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He worked as a DJ before working on the startup in the mid 90s. , chief executive officer of Monster.ccan sense the momentum in our business evidenced of the number-one and number-four-rated onlinedianapolis, Ind., is the leading, global online logy lo·gy adj. lo·gi·er, lo·gi·est Characterized by lethargy; sluggish. [Perhaps from Dutch log, heavy or variant of English loggy, heavy, sluggish, from log and superior services that give consumers and businesses more control over the recruiting process. The Monster.com network consists of local content and language siwide (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX: "TMP"). Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide, now with more than 4,750 employees in 21 c the world's largest search and selection agenc than 70 of the Fortune 100 and more than 400 of |
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