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To reach the unfamiliar, LinkedIn this year revamped its site. It unfurled a recruiting service for human-resource departments, a survey application for market research firms and several advertising services. It launched a new search platform, mobile service, company profiles and a redesigned home page. And it served up Spanish and French versions of the site. Jeremiah Owyang, analyst at Forrester Research, says...LinkedIn's new additions have made it easier for its members to collaborate not just with co-workers but people outside of their jobs.

USA Today, Bad news for workers is good news for LinkedIn

"The number one way you find a job is through referral and LinkedIn is
the biggest referral network out there,"said Charlene Li, founder of
the research outfit Altimeter Group.

Fortune Magazine, Recession lifts social networking site LinkedIn