LinkedIn Focuses on Search
April 5, 2013
LinkedIn wants to make search easier for its members. The Computerworld article “LinkedIn Sharpens Search Engine Feature” gives all of the details about the new revamped search system. With this new system LinkedIn wants its members to be able to find information easier on their site. LinkedIn’s initial goal was to provide a place for professionals to place their career bios as well as interact with their peers and colleagues. However, LinkedIn has grown and now serves a much larger audience. Companies as well as various groups have set up pages. In addition there is a job section as well as a section where individuals and publishers can share or posts comments, as well as provide links to articles. LinkedIn’s search engine sales 5.7 billion queries last year alone so the new search features will definitely reach a large audience. Johnathan Podemsky, a LinkedIn product manager shared the following
“Now, all you need to do is type what you’re looking for into the search box and you’ll see a comprehensive page of results that pulls content from all across LinkedIn including people, jobs, groups and companies.”
In addition to segmenting their results users will also enjoy auto-complete and suggested search capabilities to help them fine-tune their query terms. The search engine will also keep a log of members search queries in order to help deliver better results. It is important to note that these changes will only be applied to the main site and not the mobile application. Regardless, these new search features will definitely improve LinkedIn search capabilities for users. It seems that LinkedIn is definitely paying attention to the needs of their users and takes search very serious. Users want good results but they also want a user friendly and efficient search system. Looks like LinkedIn is on the right page.
April Holmes, April 05, 2013
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