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Comments on: LinkedIn's latest updates take a few hints from Facebook

Fresh off Bill Gates' high-profile debut on the business-networking site, LinkedIn has rolled out a number of new features that up its social factor.

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Linked In 6 out of 10
by miroslodki February 27, 2008 11:51 PM PST
I applaud these enhancements to LI

but still have my questions about the viability of their freemium model in a social site

considering the target market, one would think the advertising revenue would be significant
not only from 'advertisers' but from headhunters that have been deriving direct financial benefit.

I give it a score of 6 out of 10
moving in the right direction
(long overdue)
but still have a long way to go.
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Congrats to LinkedIn
by 93south February 28, 2008 5:31 AM PST
Linkedin has taken it's lumps recently but I just logged in today and was surprised and impressed with their updates.

Linkedin is my "business" network...Facebook is "personal"
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A couple of corrections...
by vjmario February 28, 2008 10:52 AM PST
Hi Caroline,

I'm Mario Sundar, the Community evangelist at LinkedIn.

Would like to point out that you can set ANY status update on LinkedIn in addition the options that we suggest. Feel free to check it out, it's pretty cool.

The readers can feel free to reach out to me (msundar) with any questions or can check out a demo on our blog | http://tinyurl.com/257nek
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Congratulations linkedin.com
by priandoyo February 29, 2008 12:12 AM PST
Great!

Congratulations linkedin.com, i found that your new design really usefull. Its easier to user like me managing new message and contact.

-Anjar Priandoyo-
http://securityprocedure.com
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