LinkedIn overhauls its search platform

25.11.2008

"The engine also streamlines advanced search by presenting options in a more accessible menu (some of the features were previously available, but buried so that most users never found them)," he added. " Most of the new features revolve around people-search ... and while there isn't anything particularly exciting from the user's perspective the changes make the engine significantly more convenient (and will hopefully help the get back on their feet that much faster)."

One of the search engine's most powerful new features, he added, is persistent search, which allows users to set up alerts notifying them when a company hires an executive, or when a potential job candidate may be available for hire. "Before now there have been a few ways to create similar notifications but this is the first time that LinkedIn has integrated this functionality," Kincaid noted.