Limited LinkedIn Search Results - what??
June 24th, 2013 | by Jason Alba |I got a version of this question from a friend and career coach:
“I used to be able to find people by job title that were not [first degree] contacts. Now when I look, I only find [first degree] contacts. Am I dreaming and was it always this way?”
Good question. I just did a search for Project Manager and see 11 pages of results. Oops, make that 10 pages, with the 11th page asking me to upgrade.
On a “basic” account (which is what I have) I can see 100 results. My network is big enough (I’m guessing hers is, too), that the first 100 results are in my first degree contacts.
On the right I can click on the box for 2nd Connections, or 3rd+ Everyone Else, and see non-first degree connections.
I seem to remember seeing more than 100 results before. Maybe this is one more thing where LinkedIn is moving free functionality to the premium level… but if you have a big network you will need to click one of those boxes to see more than just your first degree contacts.
To further experiment I did a search for “dog walker” and only got second degree contacts. So the first experiment reflected (a) a common title (project manager) (b) on a big network. Use a weird title and you should see more than first degree contacts.
Again, this proves how important it is to search SMARTER. I don’t really want to see more than 100 hits in the search results… I want to see 100 more appropriate results 
