LinkedIn is a social networking website for the people in professional occupations. The website was founded in December 2002 and was launched in May 5, 2003. This website is commonly used for professional networking purposes. The website gain popularity and increased over 20 million viewers in 2006. This increased up to 259million users in June 2013 in more than 200 countries. The website is available to use in 20 languages. The sale revenue of the website has increased by an average of 89% over the past gone years. However, the net profit of the website has grown by an average of 139% on yearly basis.
1. Top Linkedin Facts
LinkedIn was launched on May 5, 2003. 27% of the 259million users of the website reach it through mobile phones. And nearly same percent of people check their profile on daily basis. There are 3million business pages on the social networking site. The average time a user spent on the website daily is equal to 17 minutes.
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2. Who's Who On Linkedin In South Africa
Statistics suggested that the age groups of people that stay the most on the site are the people between the ages of 25-34years, followed by the age group of 35-54years. These age groups are preceded by the age group of 18-24 years. The social website is used the least by the people aging more than 55years of age.
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3. The State Of Linkedin
64% of the total users of the social site are living outside the United States. Nearly 2 people become the part of the website in every passing second. 39% of the users of the website use the premium or paid accounts. 44% of users agreed that they make better face-to-face business relationships through LinkedIn.
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4. Are LinkedIn Profiles Trustworthy
Nearly 82% of the finance directors inquire the trustworthiness and accuracy of a potential candidate on the website. This is equivalent to 8 in every ten directors. 68% of the people say that they sometimes get relevant information on the website regarding their businesses. 37% of them believe that the reason for the same is lack of system quality information.
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5. The Linkedin Numbers
There are near about 100 million members of the website which is equal to 5 times the total population of the state of New York. The total number of people searches on the website is equal to 2 billion. There are a total of 94 million Philippines and 87 million Vietnam people on the website.
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6. LinkedIn- Topping The Professional Charts
LinkedIn is topping the charts of being a professional website. It is beating the other big social names like Facebook, Twitter and other social feeds in professional rankings. People were surveyed about the website that they will prefer the most for professional use. 61% of them voted for LinkedIn, 22% for Facebook, 4% for Twitter and 13% for none.
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7. Who Uses LinkedIn Rival Viadeo?
Viadeo is considered as the strongest LinkedIn rival. It is a professional social network which is strengthening its root in the business world at a faster rate. The professional networking website has 35 million members and is considered as number one in Europe and other emerging countries.
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8. The LinkedIn Identity
The numbers of people who register on various B2B identities through pre-existing professional websites are doing it through LinkedIn profiles. The rate of such people was 3% in the year 2010 and 20% in year 2011. The people who sign up through LinkedIn include 45% of men and 55% women.
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9. The State Of Social Recruiting
Gone years have witnessed a tremendous growth in the number of users using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for their professional networks. The growth rates of the these three big names in year 2010, 2011 and 2012 were 45%, 47% and 54% for Twitter, 55%, 55% and 66% for Facebook and 78%, 87% and 93% for LinkedIn.
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10. LinkedIn - The Largest Professional Network
The countries where the website is growing at the speed of light includes Brazil with the growth rate of 428%, Mexico with growth rate of 178%, India with the growth rate of 76% and France with the growth rate of 72%.
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11. LinkedIn: Revolutionizing The World Of Recruiting
Though the website is gaining fame at a faster rate all around the globe, there are only 50.5% complete profiles on the website. Most of the user on the website only spent 0-2hours per week on an average for using their profiles. However, 48% of the total job postings on the world are only posted on LinkedIn.
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12. It's A Social, Mobile Shopper World
People purchasing on the internet usually share about their purchases on social media. 55% of them share their purchases on Facebook, 22% on Twitter, 14% on Pinintrest, 5% in Instagram, 3% on LinkedIn and 1% on other social media network.
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13. How To Use LinkedIn
LinkedIn is used for establishing network connections with other professionals in one’s industry for creating a plethora of business opportunities. One needs to fill its profile completely for gaining maximum feedback from the job contractors.
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14. Linkedin's Road To IPO
The LinkedIn profile was started in 2002 by its co-founder Rein Hoffman, in his living room. And the social network continued to be a successful in the coming year.
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15. A Linkedin Stats Snapshot
Among the 101 members of LinkedIn social networking, 47.2% are North American, 23% are from Europe. 44 million of users are from United States and 4 million users are from Canada. 41% of them are male and 59% are female.
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16. Social Media Influence On Businesses
The rate of social media influence in business is growing at a lightning speed. In the gone years it had increased to up to 49%. The major participants of this online business networks are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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17. LinkedIn Usage Duration
People were asked about the number of times they use their LinkedIn profiles? 35% of people replied that they use their accounts daily, 32% answerers that they use a few times a week, 16% said a few times in month and 8% answered that they use it whenever they get an email from the website.
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18. The Lowdown On LinkedIn
LinkedIn is one of the most popular professional social networks. It connects people with trusted professional contacts, helps in sharing business knowledge, ideas and several opportunities. It helps the recruiters in finding the desiring and deserving candidates.
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19. Number Of Visited Visiting LinkedIn
In the ranking of the number of unique users visiting the various social media network such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinintrest, MySpace, Google+, Tumbler, etc, LinkedIn stands on the third rank. However, Facebook top all the charts.
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20. Linkedin Areas
87% of the total users of the social networking website trust the website whole heartedly. 16% of the total users belong to London, 10% to Birmingham, 8% to Manchester, 5% to Reading, 3% to Edinburg and 58% to others.
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