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LinkedIn Halloween Fun

By Scott Allen, on October 31st, 2006%

lihween.gifA few days ago, Konstantin Guericke posted on MLPF about “strange searches”, and I posted a few I found. He decided to run a contest to see what searches people could come up with for things that you couldn’t find on LinkedIn.

In honor of Halloween coming up, I thought I’d try a few in the theme, and was surprised what I found. Some of the common terms turned up quite a few results – vampire, ghost, troll, witch, demon, etc. Here are a few of the less common ones:

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What CAN’T You Find on LinkedIn?

By Scott Allen, on October 28th, 2006%

linkedin_search.gifOn MyLinkedInPowerForum, LinkedIn’s Konstantin Guericke recently posted that it’s getting harder and harder to find something that you can’t find on LinkedIn:

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LinkedIn Dangerous? Forbes Thinks So – Ahh, the Irony

By Scott Allen, on October 27th, 2006%

forbes_home_logo.gifForbes published a list this week of The Ten Most Dangerous Online Activities. Now some of these are obvious no-nos, like clicking on e-mail attachments from unknown senders (#1), or surfing gambling, porn or other dicey sites (#5). Others are questionable, like #8 – using any old Wi-Fi network, and #10 – participating in chat rooms or social networking sites. They even chose to single out LinkedIn:

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LinkedIn How-Tos from Dave Taylor

By Scott Allen, on October 19th, 2006%

Tech guru Dave Taylor, author of at least a dozen or more best-selling computer books and host of the excellent Q&A site, AskDaveTaylor.com is an avid LinkedIn user, as well. He’s put together a number of LinkedIn how-tos:

How do I figure out my LinkedIn Profile URL?
How do I build a cool LinkedIn Signature Box?
How do I . . . → Read More: LinkedIn How-Tos from Dave Taylor

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What Do You Do When Nobody Is Looking?

By Scott Allen, on October 6th, 2006%

open4 logoSteve Purkiss has a dilemma. LinkedIn is first and foremost a matching tool, intended to help people with a need leverage their relationships to find someone who can meet that need.

Steve’s challenge, though, is this:

What do you do when what you do is so unique, or so new, or just so difficult to articulate, that nobody is looking for it, even though there may be many people who need it?

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