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LinkedIn Widgetizes; Site Goes Sticky But Not Sticky Enough!
December 10th, 2007 at 8:32 amSource:CenterNetworks
LinkedIn has released a new beta version of their site this morning. And to quote Jan, "widget widget widget". Mario from LinkedIn has a good overview of the new features. There’s also new APIs coming soon. Along with the APIs, I’d love to see some new widgets to integrate into a Web site - profile, jobs, etc.
The new home page looks great - an absolute improvement over the old, crusty version. It has a widget feel to it and sure enough it has some widgets that you can move around, add/delete as you wish. The contact viewer is also cleaner than previously. The page feeds very open and airy and a nice 2007 flavor.
They also moved the job board to the home page. Perhaps LinkedIn should look at offering a job board similar to the Job-a-matic board offered by SimplyHired.
If LinkedIn’s goal is to create a more sticky environment, why not partner with a start page provider such as Netvibes or Pageflakes and then you could actually create a very strong business networking environment. Feeds, travel, etc. — all should be available.
From my perspective, LinkedIn still wins over Facebook for business networking. I get 7-10x more LinkedIn requests than Facebook requests. If you’d link to link me up, check out my profile.
