LinkedIn Makes Facebook-Like Enhancements

by Angela Nazworth | September 6, 2012 1:49 pm

Professional social networking site LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD[1]) rolled out a new notification feature[2] Wednesday.

The enhancement is similar to the “real-time” notification system used by Facebook (NASDAQ:FB[3]), as it lets users know when someone likes what they’ve shared, comments on their posts, views their profile and more.

Here’s how it works:

A notification flag will appear at the top of a user’s LinkedIn homepage, along with a new Inbox envelope icon.
A red circle will appear in that area when something “new” is happening on that user’s page.

Although the new feature was introduced yesterday, LinkedIn says it will take a few weeks before all members’ pages are updated with the new feature.

The company also will soon be launching a new app that allows users to see their LinkedIn notifications via mobile devices like Google‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG[4]) Android and Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL[5]) iPhone and iPad.

Endnotes:

LNKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LNKD
new notification feature: http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/09/05/notifications-on-linkedin/
FB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FB
GOOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GOOG
AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL

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