LinkedIn is releasing a video series for small business

Professional social networking site LinkedIn has published videos introducing the retro small enterprises to the site and has to offer for business users.

LinkedIn on a timeless Guide to small business success is edited with simulated vibe TV commercial of the 1980s, together with the Rainbow, early 1980s computer graphics and old school Apple II computer desktop style.

A series of films, which has been produced by the video editor in the upright citizens Brigade Rob Getzchman, was done in the style of the humorous, glass, because, as explained in the blog post, "the average office worker only view screenshot tutorial for a few seconds before the start of spontaneous narkolepsji." The series is sponsored by FedEx.

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LinkedIn tool visualizes profile updates on your network

Earlier this year, LinkedIn, sent to members via email with a neat visualization that displays all the people in the network user who changed jobs or update their profile in 2010.

The company has received such a positive response to the e-mail that today it is deployed in a Web application that does the same thing, but also includes data from 2009 and 2011. App, announced on the company blog gives Visual mosaic from all profile ends (see figure). Click on one of the head shots, and you go straight to the Member profile.

Dhananjay Ragade blog, Chief Engineer at LinkedIn, explains that the project in one of LinkedIn's hack day, which he describes as "a day in the month in which everyone is invited to play with new technology and come up with something creative." over the winter holidays Ragade worked with Vidya Chandra, Marketing Executive product on LinkedIn, on the idea. The company liked it so much she sent users in the electronic version in January. Currently rolling out a Web application.

Given the LinkedIn access to such data, the application opens the door for more value-added services. For example, the company has received requests for entire network statistics on job switching and and as, but not yet calculated these results for public consumption. Another idea is to update the application on a monthly or even weekly, rather than annually, but LinkedIn says no immediate plans to roll out this service.

With its IPO looming LinkedIn experimented with other ways to spice up the site. This month, for example, the company issued a droll, retro themed sponsored by FedEx instructional video aimed at small business owners who want to learn about LinkedIn. In November, the network also introduced the share button to extend its influence.

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After Twitter, LinkedIn now also blocked in China

It seems that LinkedIn was blocked in China, after the professional social network has become a platform for organizing antigovernment protests. The report was observed for the first time by Renmedia.

According to the WSJ, protesters are moving from multiple social networking sites like Twitter and LinkedIn, to organize protests as the Chinese Government blocks these sites. Check out access to LinkedIn WebsitePulse and JustPing and both sites indicate that LinkedIn is being blocked from cities in China. It also appears that Twitter is blocked as well.

Interestingly, former employee of LinkedIn Surya Yalamanchili notes that one reason why China could block LinkedIn is because many of their status updates were published from Twitter.

We already contacted LinkedIn for comment.

UPDATE: here is the response we received from LinkedIn: we are aware of reports of disruption to our service for our members in China. We are studying the situation now.