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October 27, 2008
LinkedIn Unveils New Search Platform
Popular professional social networking site LinkedIn is rolling out its new search platform. Like most major releases, it will only be available to a small percentage at first.
The new search platform will include:
- Unified search results
- More powerful relevance algorithm
- Redesigned search results page
- "In Common" (a new field in search results that lets you see what connections and groups you share with a select user)
- Saved Searches
- Choice of Basic or Expanded Views
- Spell Check
- Type-ahead for connections
For more details, check out the LinkedIn blog.
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Posted by Nathania Johnson on October 27, 2008 10:59 AM
Comments
Daniel Tunkelang October 27, 2008 11:59 AM
It's definitely an improvement. But still no support for exploration, e.g., using faceted search. A pity--it would tremendously improve the utility of search on the site.