LinkedIn is trying to lock down its exclusive relationship with its users. The professional networking company filed suit against 100 unnamed individuals last week for using bots to harvest user profiles from its website. The lawsuit is a preliminary step to revealing the identities of the scrapers — LinkedIn intends to ask the court to reveal the true identities…
Three video apps have been quite popular among users. 1 – Dubsmash Even celebrities are using this app. With over 20 million downloads, this app allows users to use public sounds from movies and commercials or to record it’s own voice in videos. http://www.dubsmash.com/ 2 – Periscope This app was released last month by Twitter. It…
The entire SEO industry experienced a major transformation over the past two years. As a result, many online marketers have dramatically changed their strategies. Ranking high in Google for competitive keywords is not as easy as it was three years ago. Because black hat SEO is harder and harder to execute, and less and less…
Misspellings on your LinkedIn profile (or anywhere on LinkedIn) are NOT usually a good idea — damaging your credibility. However, one exception does exist. Your name. Unless everyone always spells your name correctly (without your help), misspellings of your name currently cost you network connections and visibility in LinkedIn. Why You May Need Misspellings (or Alternate Spellings) in Your LinkedIn Profile…
I think of the photos we have in our social media profiles, particularly LinkedIn, as akin to personal logos. I recognize the photos of many colleagues, friends, and others from their profiles in the various social networks, and I look for those familiar faces in other sites and settings. Do You Avoid Job Discrimination…
Posting a minimal Profile, walking away, and waiting for the job offers to roll in doesn’t work with LinkedIn — or anything else — these days. LinkedIn works very well for the millions of people who make the effort to understand how to leverage it effectively. And those people are very likely not spending more than…