LinkedIn’s Latest User Interface

LinkedIn’s Newest Changes and What They Mean to You

Viveka von Rosen

Viveka von Rosen @LinkedInExpert

• Author of “LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day” (J. Wiley & Sons, Sept 2012)

• Forbes Top Ten Most Influential Women in Social Media

• Forbes Top Fifty Most Influential People in Social Media

• Contributor to numerous social media books including, “Small Business Marketing Kit for Dummies, PRNews’ “PR Measurement” and “Solving the Social Media Puzzle”

• Co-Moderator of LinkedStrategies, the largest LinkedIn Strategies group on LinkedIn

• Moderator of the #LinkedInChat on Twitter (listed #2 of best chats for business professionals)

• Certified in LinkedIn for over 6 years with 10K+ clients7direct connections, 25 million in network

• #44 in the “200 Most Fearless Women Online and in Social Media” list

• One of TopRank’s top 25 women on Social Media(c) LinkedIntoBusiness 2012

LinkedIn’s Big Changes

New Menu Bar

Combined Tabs

Profile Page Editing Simplified (or More Confusing?)

Fewer Dropdowns

Image Centric “People You May Know”

Loss of News and More Tabs

New Accounts and Settings Button

New “Smart” Search

New Menu Bar

Change in LinkedIn Home Page Logo (still the same page)

Cleaner Lines

Highlighted Search Bar

New “Accounts and Settings” Tab

Combined Tabs

Contacts + Groups = Network

Jobs + Companies = Careers

Add Connections = Confusing Logo

Profile Page

Loss of View/Edit/Recommendations/Profile Organizer

Must Be IN your Profile to Edit It

Fewer Dropdowns

Can no longer easily navigate to People, Companies or Groups you are Following

People You May Know

The People You may Know, and Who’s Viewed Your Profile are very image-centric on your Profile Page

Loss of News and More

LinkedIn Today Now On Your Home Page

LinkedIn Signal Findable in Updates Search or By Going To www.LinkedIn.com/Signal

Help Has Moved to Accounts and Settings

No More Skills and Expertise Page (Skills Still On Your Profile)

New Accounts and Settings

Sign Out

Upgrade

Language

Privacy & Settings

Help Center

Job Postings

New Smart Search

Auto-Complete

Suggested Searches

Smarter Query Intent Algorithm

Enhanced Advanced Search

Automated Alerts

Auto-Complete

As you type your search term you’ll be prompted with options for what you may be looking for, and the more you search, the better it will get at predicting what you want.

Suggested Searches

Now when you type in a search term such as “product manager” you’ll see example search queries for people or jobs related to product manager as well as a preview of top results to help you find what you’re looking for in one click.

Smarter Query Intent Algorithm

The more you search for content on LinkedIn, the more it learns and understands your intent over time to provide the most relevant results.

Enhanced Advanced Search

Not only has advanced search gotten a new look, it’s also easier to deepen your search with filters like location, company, school and more.

Automated Alerts

Save time by saving your searches and LinkedIn will alert you when the results change.

Read More Here

http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/linkedin/smarter-linked-in-search/1

http://linkedintobusiness.com/linkedin-has-done-it-again-another-new-interface/

What Does This Mean to You

Cleaner Look

More Difficult Editing

Less Navigable

More Diligent in Following Companies, Groups and People

Looks Like The Search Is Better For Job Seekers

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Questions???