Comments on: Using LinkedIn For SEO

By: Cns949

Cns949 — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:34:44 +0000

None of my linkedin links are picked up in google webmaster tools – unlike facebook and twitter.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:04:27 +0000

Though the links in profiles happen to be no follow I always use proper anchor text for the links you are allowed to post on your profile. I realize that ‘no follow’ means ‘no follow’ but with Google taking social signals into consideration so much lately it can’t hurt to have things set up properly now.

By: pmp

pmp — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:50:36 +0000

Thanks for the tips , but did any one noticed how long it takes to see the effect of such optimizations within linkedin search results itself

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:28:01 +0000

It appears they’ve recently switched from straight links to a 302 redirect. However I still see sites ranking for peoples specifc anchors in their LinkedIn profiles. I’m working on a case study of this.

By: freepdf

freepdf — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:12:24 +0000

just joined at Linkedin. thanks to your post

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:32:08 +0000

Great tip, thanks!
Not only did I improve my links by adding anchor text thanks to your article, I also explored the possibility of changing my profile URL. I never spent enough time to discover these possibilities.
It would be useful to know if the way the links appear (as per some other comments above (i.e, my URL is fr.imagineoutlet.com but this appears as http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffr%2EImagineOutlet%2Ecom&urlhash=v8NR) take away all positive SEO effects.
Still, it’s definitely worth implementing, very small effort with (maybe)a high return. In any case, my profile looks much better now, thanks Adam!

By: thijs

thijs — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:44:37 +0000

Hello,

How can you make sure that your linkedin professional headline appears in the TITLE of the Google Search Result. I noticed that most people have only their name in the search result title and below that the professional headline but some people have the professional headline right up there in the search result title making for a much higher SEO. any advice?

By: Michiel Gaasterland

Michiel Gaasterland — Sun, 23 May 2010 10:44:46 +0000

Re – Linkedin – Profile Links – SEO – Nofollow –
Good point by Steve last Nov 2009.
The links in your Linkedin profile do not help the page rank of your website/blog, et al.
The public links are nofollow, and inside Linkedin the links are redirected using a Java script.
I recommend to still change the text ‘My Website’ to the name of your company.
Useful for the humans that click on the links though
Not for ranking in search engines.

By: Samskriti Solutions

Samskriti Solutions — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:55:02 +0000

I also like LinkedIN… I created one or me… it will definitely add weight in getting your site in SERPs..

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +0000

Good point. I just changed mine from My Website to a specific title. It was funny about a year ago I was playing with the “other” but did but did not conclude it could be a website title. Thanks

Sean
internetbeacon.com