Nickname: Irwin

Review: Afer I signed up on Linked In, I changed my mind and decided that I do not my name and profile in Linked In. How does one delete a profile from the LinkedIn database. There are no instructions about it in the help folder.

Date reviewed: Feb 19, 2009 5:11 PM

Nickname: Mukund

Review: If a primary advantage of LinkedIn is as a site for corporate headhunters, then how much better are they than the big jobsites? And does the average user get better results in their own job hunting efforts than from a jobs site? Should we then view LinkedIn as just a "cool" Monster.com?

Date reviewed: Jan 22, 2009 3:30 PM

Nickname: Nick

Review: I agree with the majority of comments written. I joined LinkedIn back when they only had 40,000 users and I haven't used it since. I found Konnects.com that launched recently and they have many of the interactive community features people are talking about.

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2007 1:58 AM

Nickname: network addict

Review: Linked is a great way to connect with people. However, there are issues such as privacy and misuse of personal information from individuals, media, and, yes corporations. That may take this simpe idea and make it unaffordable for people to connect. There are already talks to tax and charge people for e-mails, which will only make the corporations happy to compete because financial resources are in their favor.

Date reviewed: Sep 30, 2006 4:47 PM

Nickname: Nick B

Review: LinkedIn is hardly a social network in the true sense. There is no capablity to interact with other users, beyond "linking," adding people to your network and searching through the database when you need something/someone. It's really more like a dating site. If there is any real networking taking place, it is off of the site, directly and privately one-on-one. A good business model for them, useful and productive for a fair (but not huge) number of the users some of the time and rather boring and dull the rest of the time.

Date reviewed: Sep 11, 2006 7:45 PM

Nickname: Ben

Review: www.Spoke.com took off before LinkedIn and took a different approach. It focused on delivery sales leads and now has 30 million people in the system, with resumes on most. It is now the richest source of sales leads on the Web and sells a sales application alongside Salesforce.com.

Date reviewed: May 9, 2006 6:30 AM

Nickname: Lucas

Review: As people move through education and work, you tend to lose track of former colleagues. Now, thanks to LinkedIn, you can reconnect on a professional level with those with whom you have lost touch. MySpace does a great job of this on a social level, but at a certain point in your life (likely where most LinkedIn users fall) connecting and re-connecting professionally is equally important.

Date reviewed: May 1, 2006 10:47 PM

Nickname: ekg

Review: Couple of weeks ago I got an invitation from an unknown to me person (but who had my name somehow) to join LinkedIn. I was curious and signed up. It was fast and easy. After some clicking around, I thought it is a Web site with potential, but then I logged off and never came back. I wonder how many of the 5.5 million users are people like me.

Date reviewed: Apr 18, 2006 10:12 PM

Nickname: cth

Review: As a strategy consultant for 25 years, I don't need something "cool," but something "efficient." I don't need LinkedIn to organize "social networking" (I already have my own). I find LinkedIn efficient enough. I am a typical LinkedIn target: a consultant for 25 years and a LinkedIn user for several years. I don't expect it to be "cool" and support my social networking needs, which are already fulfilled. Online resumes and an efficient database of professionals is what I need. Now I expect LinkedIn to be a more aggressive at becoming the reference site for professionals and to attract more visitors. Now, if LinkedIn needs to do something it is certainly not to try and imitate the cool, social networking sites but, on the contrary, to enhance its profile following the "serious and efficient"path. This is how I understand LinkedIn today.

Date reviewed: Apr 12, 2006 8:05 AM

Nickname: akumar

Review: LinkedIn is an idea whose time has come and nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. People are more mobile and geographically spread out. Also, they change jobs more often. The number of people with whom you come in close contact is much larger than it used to be. It is tough to remain in touch with old colleagues and friends when people keep changing jobs, cities, and so on. LinkedIn does a good job of helping manage your network. The best part is they are ultra protective about your contact info and giving you control. Of course giving reasons to visit the site is something Konstantin and team need to work on.

Date reviewed: Apr 11, 2006 3:09 PM