Comments on: LinkedIn's "Who's Viewed My Profile?" Messes with my HEAD! http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/05/linkedins-whos-viewed-my-profile-messes-with-my-head/ the blog behind the book Mon, 21 May 2012 00:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Steve Duncan http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/05/linkedins-whos-viewed-my-profile-messes-with-my-head/#comment-2103 Steve Duncan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:05:37 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=763#comment-2103 I doubt that Linkedin will every offer useful analytics to users. There's just no upside for them. But if you record these stats and graph them over a period of time, particularly looking at the ratio of views to searches, you can get insight on the effectiveness of your headline. Just looking at searches (over a long period) will tell you the relative effectiveness of two profiles, if there is a large difference. It's better than nothing, but just barely. I doubt that Linkedin will every offer useful analytics to users. There’s just no upside for them.

But if you record these stats and graph them over a period of time, particularly looking at the ratio of views to searches, you can get insight on the effectiveness of your headline.

Just looking at searches (over a long period) will tell you the relative effectiveness of two profiles, if there is a large difference.

It’s better than nothing, but just barely.

]]> By: Jason Alba http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/05/linkedins-whos-viewed-my-profile-messes-with-my-head/#comment-2102 Jason Alba Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:42:41 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=763#comment-2102 I agree that it would be valuable info, but I'm not sure if LI would feel comfortable sharing that level of detail... they seem to favor the privacy of the user, and that could compromise it. Also, I still think it would mislead people... what if someone saw that some major players were looking at their profile? It still doesn't show the intent, or interest, of the major players. For example, you might have set up your profile so that it is SEO-optimized and you get lots of good views, but your profile is not optimized to share your story/message/brand and people are turned off once they get there. Is it a success (because people got there, and that's the stat we see) or a failure (because we disgusted people and they don't come back)? A google analytics-like view, with time on our profile (misleading in itself... what if I get there and then go to lunch... was I there for 2 minutes or 2 hours?) or number of repeat visits (more valuable) might help, but I really can't imagine LI doing that... I agree that it would be valuable info, but I’m not sure if LI would feel comfortable sharing that level of detail… they seem to favor the privacy of the user, and that could compromise it.

Also, I still think it would mislead people… what if someone saw that some major players were looking at their profile? It still doesn’t show the intent, or interest, of the major players.

For example, you might have set up your profile so that it is SEO-optimized and you get lots of good views, but your profile is not optimized to share your story/message/brand and people are turned off once they get there.

Is it a success (because people got there, and that’s the stat we see) or a failure (because we disgusted people and they don’t come back)?

A google analytics-like view, with time on our profile (misleading in itself… what if I get there and then go to lunch… was I there for 2 minutes or 2 hours?) or number of repeat visits (more valuable) might help, but I really can’t imagine LI doing that…

]]> By: LinkedIn’s Who’s Viewed My Profile (Part II) | I'm On LinkedIn - Now What??? http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/05/linkedins-whos-viewed-my-profile-messes-with-my-head/#comment-2101 LinkedIn’s Who’s Viewed My Profile (Part II) | I'm On LinkedIn - Now What??? Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:37:17 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=763#comment-2101 [...] Viewed My Profile (Part II) July 6th, 2010 | by Jason Alba | Yesterday I talked about the Who’s Viewed My Profile stats on your LinkedIn homepage… let’s go one step further.  Two points to talk [...] [...] Viewed My Profile (Part II) July 6th, 2010 | by Jason Alba | Yesterday I talked about the Who’s Viewed My Profile stats on your LinkedIn homepage… let’s go one step further.  Two points to talk [...]

]]> By: John E. Bredehoft http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/05/linkedins-whos-viewed-my-profile-messes-with-my-head/#comment-2100 John E. Bredehoft Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:21:26 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=763#comment-2100 What if LinkedIn offered a level of detail similar to Google Analytics, i.e., "this person visited your profile and spent 5 minutes looking at it"? Now THAT would be more valuable information. What if LinkedIn offered a level of detail similar to Google Analytics, i.e., “this person visited your profile and spent 5 minutes looking at it”? Now THAT would be more valuable information.

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