Linkedin revenue up 72%, forecast not so great

LinkedIn just reported its earnings for Q1, with revenue of $324.7 million for the quarter, up 72% year-over-year. Net income was $22.6 million, up from $5 million in the year-ago quarter. CEO Jeff Weiner said, “Q1 was a strong quarter [...]
 

Take our survey & help update the periodic table of seo – search engine land

The only constant in search is change. The Periodic Table of SEO was created in 2011 to summarize the major factors that comprise search engine optimization. But it’s time to update the table, to review those ranking factors and make sure [...]
 

Linkedin hits 1 million members in singapore

While Facebook has recently been losing members in the U.S. and U.K., it has seen growth in developing countries such as India. While its worldwide membership growth is currently offsetting its membership losses, the loss of 6 million U.S. [...]
 

Take our survey & help update the periodic table of seo

The only constant in search is change. The Periodic Table of SEO was created in 2011 to summarize the major factors that comprise search engine optimization. But it’s time to update the table, to review those ranking factors and make sure [...]
 

Semantic & graph-based search: the future face of search

In a June 2010 Semantic Web Meetup in San Diego, Peter Mika of Yahoo!’s research division gave a presentation entitled, “The future face of Search is Semantic for Facebook, Google and Yahoo!” As the title suggests, the presentation focused on [...]
 

Searchcap: the day in search, april 18, 2013

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web.Search Engine Designed By Denmark Researchers Helps Medics Diagnose Rare DiseasesTechnical University of Denmark researchers have designed a search engine that [...]
 

How to promote business online in russia

Quick facts about Russia143+ mln country population, 65+ mln. Internet users (only 45,4% penetration)€8 bln. e-commerce annual turnover30% year over year growth of internet usersThe association between overseas products and higher quality still holds from the times of the Soviet [...]
 

4 seo recommendations for dealing with b2b lengthening sales cycles

Many of our clients face sales cycles in a six- to twelve-month duration. In a recent client interview, one of the sales directors revealed that they were on the verge of closing a multi-million dollar deal that took nearly three [...]
 

Linkedin acquires news reader app pulse for $90m

LinkedIn has decided to take another step toward being a platform for news, officially announcing the acquisition of Pulse, the news reader app similar to Flipboard. The transaction is valued at around $90 million, which is at the high-end of [...]
 

Linkedin recruiter gets a homepage update

LinkedIn has announced the launch a new home page for LinkedIn Recruiter, which introduces some new tools for hiring. There’s a new navigation bar with the Notifications feature, accessible via the flag icon at the top right. This will alert [...]