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From: "Vincent Wright" <vmwusa_2000@yahoo.com >
Date: Jul 13, 2010 8:26 PM
Subject: MyJobTIGER LinkedIn Tops 70 Million Users; Includes Over One Million Company Profiles
To: <socialmediaconsortium@yahoogroups. >com
Professional social network LinkedIn
now has 70 million members, according to the company's home page. The company hit 60 million users in February, and has been growing fast, especially in international markets. LinkedIn's network's CEO, Jeff Weiner,
Weiner tells us that the fastest growth LinkedIn is seeing is in international markets.
LinkedIn has mitigated the growth in international markets with expansion in international offices in The Netherlands,The network has also been adding features continuously over the past six months to broaden LinkedIn's reach across the web, adding a deeper Twitter integration, opening up an API, providing a plugin with Microsoft Outlook and enhancing sharing options.
But while LinkedIn is looking to bring its platform to the greater web, there's a tremendous amount of potential to use the data the network has on its side to add additional functionality to both users and companies. Weiner recently told us that data is incredibly important part of LinkedIn's future as a network. And while we can't reveal what those data features are at the moment, it's safe to say that we will be seeing a number of new initiatives coming from LinkedIn leveraging the wealth of professional content on the network.
For the rest of the story, visit: http://techcrunch.
com/2010/ 06/20/linkedin- tops-70-million- users-includes- over-one- million-company- profiles/
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