Comments on: LinkedIn Throws a Little Upcoming Into the Site

By: Megan Keane

Megan Keane — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:47:26 +0000

Coming in a little late to the thread, but wanted to comment after digging in a bit more to some of LinkedIn’s latest features. I agree that I’d like to see them improve some of the existing functionality. In particular, I’d like to have the ability to add an RSS feed to the news section of a group–it’d be nice to have content with a specific tag feed into this page instead of having to manually add an article URL.

By: LinkedIn moves up

LinkedIn moves up — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:53:32 +0000

[...] LinkedIn Throws a Little Upcoming Into the Site: [Via chrisbrogan.com] Funny, I used to crap on LinkedIn for now putting new technology onto their platform, and now I’m starting to sway the other way. LinkedIn just announced a new event application. So it’s like Upcoming.org for businesses. I dig it. And then, I wonder what else we’re going to do here. [...]

By: search engine optimisation agency

search engine optimisation agency — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:56:38 +0000

@Ricardo: a great point – LI should go back to keeping everything simple. It is after all about the network and recommendations.

@Chris: I think you would be right with the under utilization of recommendations, perhaps a simple reminder from LI on a monthly basis to fill in recommendations if you have done business with someone within your LI network would help everyone out.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:09:28 +0000

Chris – good points. I forgot all about the recommendations. I wonder what the percentage of profiles with recommendations are out of the whole population on LinkedIn. My guess is that it is still an underutilized feature.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:37:38 +0000

@Ari: don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I don’t like the upgrades LinkedIn has made. I really do like them! Particularly 1.) Huddle Workspaces and 2.) Event Updates. I’ve just also always liked LinkedIn for it’s simplicity.

@Allan: maybe that’s where the power of the network comes in and the recommendations. LinkedIn does a great job at mapping out a person’s connections. If I connect with you, I look for connections that we share in common. If you’ve been recommended by someone that I hold in high-regard, well…it reinforces the quality of the work that you’ve done.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:02:20 +0000

I’d like to see if LinkedIn can make it harder for people to fib on their online resumes. For example, Facebook really tries to make sure you really are who you say you are. LinkedIn should make sure you’ve really done what you say you’ve done.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:13:02 +0000

Echoing Ontario and Ricardo, I’d prefer the LI folks improve existing services before offering new ones.

For instance, the Account Settings allow RSS feed subscriptions for Answer sections, but suppose I don’t want to receive a complete category feed; suppose I only want to receive feeds from certain questions. Right now, that’s not an option.

Or can there be a way to view your connections, Chris, not merely by name and title but also including a tiny face picture, such as the avatars on Twitter?

By: Web Marketing

Web Marketing — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:05:58 +0000

A little while back I decided to go with Xing over LinkedIn, what are your thoughts on Xing compared to what LinkedIn offers?

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:11:03 +0000

Speaking of “poking,” as long as they don’t start uploading apps to throw sheep at people I’m good (reference to Facebook). I’ve always liked LinkedIn for it’s simplicity. Not as many people use it as much as I do and that’s ok. I find it to be very functional and now that they’ve loaded some new apps I’m sure others will find it much more resourceful.

Some of the apps that I’m digging are:
- Huddle workspaces for collaboration on projects
- SixApart on Linked (for promoting your blog posts). Yes I’m on Typepad so what!?
And I’m definitely liking this new feature! I’m always on the lookout for upcoming events so having them there is a benefit to me.

Do I want them to add something else to the mix? I’m sorry but I can’t think of anything at present. The only thing that’s on my mind is that I don’t want them to overdo it! I’ve always liked LinkedIn for it’s simplicity.

By: Shannon Ehlers

Shannon Ehlers — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:59:21 +0000

Re: LinkedIn applications, I recall commenting on one of your earlier posts that I hoped LI wouldn’t become an app pimping platform. More recently, though, I sort of contradicted myself when I stated in a LI discussion that I think that there should be a Lijit Wijit for LI. LI is now pumping apps, and so far, I am liking what is coming. I guess so long as they don’t forget the business orientation, LI won’t become Facebook’s stodgy cousin. So I guess it’s OK, but I still sort of liked it better when LinkedIn WAS the app. But if you can pull any strings, please resubmit the LI/Lijit mashup post that you did a few months back!