LinkedIn

BTW, Message to the person I was looking for: I doubt you'll even get an invitation for an interview tomorrow. Sorry you can't even correctly spell the technologies you claim expertise on. ...and your ego is too high to work with us. - Berk D. Demir

"full release of LinkedIn’s new search platform to over 31 million LinkedIn users. The new search platform at LinkedIn is redefining the way professionals go about finding talent, business partners, customers or a former colleague." - lelapin via Bookmarklet

it's good to see this feature finally - Murat Bişkin

Use Xing. :p ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

New: "Technology Evangelist for Turkey at sevenload GmbH" http://www.sevenload.com - Erhan Erdogan via Bookmarklet

I can't get it to try it out. The site has been down since I blogged about it on the 7th - Chris Johnston via twhirl

Linkedin is replying on my blog I suggest you ise it for questions - Julius

that's how linkedin's UCE system works. tries to find out active users and targets the ads based on keywords on their statuses and job titles. shady money raising tactics for LinkedIn. how sad... - Berk D. Demir

I haven't run across those yet. - John Bredehoft

Haven't had them either. But certainly wouldn't want them! Target me according to my niche etc, and ASK me for permission, but don't spam me - Gary

As you can see, I'm pretty negative about usage of this crappy designations in the name section. I think it's like shouting "hey! look this is the biggest achievement in my life. passing a lousy exam..." - Berk D. Demir

I also have a negative attitude towards the use of cert.s in the name section. However, it is also a truth that some of the Ph.D or Dr. suffixes are easier to receive than some of the certifications. But, at the end of the day, from my point of view, in a professional context, it is far more reasonable to add academic designations around the name. - Onur Karaagaoglu

Adding certifications and degrees to the name field seems silly to me. If people want to find see your certification and academic standing, they can look in your profile. As Berk says, I don't tell the pizza person that I'm Dr. Sodeman. - Bill Sodeman

This makes sense. That's a lot of users with 5 business days... - Bill Sodeman

That is pretty cool! - Oliver Ding via Bookmarklet

"I never though the day would come that I would see LinkedIn leaving it's status / ego oriented networking strategy but they have indeed (a bit). What has changed? LinkedIn have decided to drop a small but very important aspect of their search tool and to change it towards a new functionality. Once you try it you will no longer be able to search people and rank them towards 'amounts of contacts'. That little but most important item has led LinkedIn towards a fully status oriented network in which only numbers counted these last few years. It was probably necessary to reach a certain amount of people in the network, making it possible to switch to more quality related aspects. They finally have seen the light!" - Vincent Wright via Bookmarklet

"LinkedIn’s user base totals about 30 million professionals, of which about 13 million reside outside the United States. Shapero believes these people give LinkedIn a distinct research advantage over other data providers. “B2B market research is a $100,000 million dollar industry, and we feel we can become a leading provider of that data,” he stated." - Erhan Erdogan via Bookmarklet

Finally Linkedin start to wow me!! - Erhan Erdogan

Some pretty obvious stuff, but it just reminds you that to get more notice on LinkedIn you have to be prepared to get your hands dirty and write some recommendations. - CannonGod via Bookmarklet

Isn't all of it about exchange and dialogue? - Zack Brandit

@Zack: Apparently, though I've kind of seen it as a reliable online CV/Resume :¬\ Besides most of my professional questions are asked directly through website feedback/Twitter contacts etc. - CannonGod

@CannonGod: I totally agree. Actually I use a lot LinkedIn and even integrated it with my blog. In order to bring additional relevance to the blog we provide the answers to our questions from LinkedIn in the blog. Check http://blog.zackbrandit.com - Zack Brandit

"Users can import their profiles into Vitruva's system, where its patent-pending artificial intelligence engine matches the profiles with thousands of pre-qualified job opportunities. The matching is done instantly, confidentially, at no cost to job seekers." - Lu Tao via Bookmarklet

Vitruva is a multi dimension job matching engine, just like jobfox - Lu Tao

How do you import your linkedin profile? - Tim FitzGerald

"Though this is clearly the most important Presidential Election I can remember since Kennedy versus Nixon in 1960, in my opinion, professional networkers can't afford to be political bashers. No matter how eloquent nor how vicious the Campaigns for the 2 major Political Parties behave from now through November 4th, YOU as a Linkedin member MUST remember that the network you've worked so intensely to develop to 500 or to 5,000 or more members consists of Democrats AND Independents AND Republicans. Almost none of us have networks online nor offline that is completely devoid of members whose political parties/views differ from ours. Likewise with our friends and families." - Vincent Wright via Bookmarklet