Mixed messages regarding impact of job boards on HR hiring

I was with one of the largest UK job boards last week and largest UK recruiters this week and received mixed messages about the impact of job boards on HR's hiring activity.

The job board indicated that direct employers were just not posting and that recruiters were still and always have been the predominant user of its boards.

The recruiter indicated that they have lost considerable business to job boards with direct employers choosing to test the online channels available.

I'm interested in the community's intelligence on this matter because I would like to pull some representative statistics together to share with the community.

Many thanks.