Comments on: LinkedIn vs. Xing (or, what is Xing.com??)

By: Used both

Used both — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:48:49 +0000

I used both.
LinkedIn: lot of people around the world. easy to use, to connect to share and really benefit from networking.
Xing: good for german. outside of this, real crap, no value, and the worse customer service on the planet. we do recongnize here a company that becomes public. they don’t care anymore about the “customers” that made them alive.
i will use only linked in.

By: David Watts

David Watts — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:26:05 +0000

Dear Jason

I have an account on both. Xing has a lot of German members and provides good links to German companies active in Asia. I also has a good search engine for specifics. But I tend to use Linkedin more as there seems to be more business people on it from around the world.

By the way Xing is pronounced SHING using western phonetics. Xing is written in the Chinese phonetic which is called pinyin. The word Xing can be pronounced in 4 different tones and has many meanings depending on the tone and context. So it can mean OK, Star, Awake, Blocked Nose, Lucky….

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:32:53 +0000

Jan, thanks for the great comment!

Lisa, cool! Let us know how it goes, and what your impressions are

By: Lisa Hendrickson

Lisa Hendrickson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:14:29 +0000

Ok, I set it up and installed the Outlook add-on. I’m in fear of what it will do next. I didn’t have time to set up my profile yet. I have 1000′s of email accounts…I don’t want them all set out to invite folks til I test it. I did get a nice welcome from a guy from France.

By: Jan Vermeiren

Jan Vermeiren — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:22:49 +0000

Hi Jason,

I have an account on both websites.

I wouldn’t call Xing the LinkedIn of Europe since LinkedIn is also the number 1 website in Europe.

I agree with you that having a profile on both websites in Europe is a good idea Especially in Germany since that is the country where Xing started as OpenBC.

In the meanwhile they also have a worldwide presence.

Before LinkedIn introduced “Discussions” I strongly advised people to have an account on Xing or Ecademy as well. These business networks started from the beginning as communities with lots of interaction between the members.

It is interesting to watch and experience how these websites grow. I’m curious when we will have mergers between them.

Have a great networking day !

Jan

Jan Vermeiren, Founder of Networking Coach (www.networking-coach.com)