LinkedIn Will Now Rank Your Profile Compared to Your Other Connections

May 23, 2014 BG&A Staff
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Have you ever wondered how your LinkedIn profile compares to others in your field? Well now you can find out, as LinkedIn has just announced the rollout of a new feature to their online platform, one that could potentially encourage users to keep their profile more up-to-date than they regularly do now. The update expands on the “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” section by showing how your profile compares with your other connections, ranking users based on the amount of times their profile has been viewed during the previous 30 days.

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The “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” section is already one of the most popular parts of the site, according to LinkedIn. By adding ever-changing rankings to it, LinkedIn may incentivize users to be more active. Or at least that appears to be their hope. Next to the rankings, users will see a list of “easy ways to get more views,” which includes suggestions for users to join a particular group or add a certain skill to their profiles.

One important note: only those who have a first-degree connection to you on LinkedIn will be able to see how your profile ranks, so you won’t have to worry about recruiters factoring in your rank. When asked if LinkedIn introduced this feature in part to get users to be more active, a rep responded by saying it was about providing “inspiration” for users to “increase their presence” on the social network.

Do you think these new changes to LinkedIn will influence you to keep your profile more up-to-date, or are you satisfied with the current functions of the service?

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