Top 10 Company Profiles on LinkedIn (April 2008)
We launched our company profiles section almost a month ago and Mario just tells me that the Company Profiles blog post was one of the most viewed blog posts of the past year. We have also had enormous interest both from the blogosphere and mainstream media.
I thought it’ll make a great follow-up post to give you a quick rundown of the company profiles that have been viewed most often since we launched. Let me clarify that we are continuously expanding company profiles for other companies, so if you don’t see yours listed, please be patient.
Given below is a countdown of the Top 10 most viewed Company Profiles on LinkedIn (as of April 2008).
General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified industrial corporation. Its Infrastructure segment produces jet engines, turboprop and turbo shaft engines, and related replacement parts for use in military and commercial aircraft; wind turbines; aircraft engine derivatives; gas and steam turbines, and generators; oil and natural gas compressors and turbines; diesel-electric… see more
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#9: Deloitte
Deloitte & Touche is the U.S. national practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte & Touche offers professional services including accounting, assurance and advisory, tax, and management and financial and human capital consulting. The firm also offers special services to companies whose growth strategies include IPOs and globalization. The industries served by the… see more
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#8: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Founded in 1998, PricewaterhouseCoopers, a privately held company, was formed when Price Waterhouse merged with Coopers and Lybrand in 1998. Through offices in more than 150 countries, the firm provides services in six lines of business: Audit, Assurance and Business Advisory Services (financial, regulatory reporting, and technology issues); Business Process Outsourcing… see more
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#7: Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol-based networking and other products relating to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. The company offers routers that interconnect computer networks and moving information between networks; switching systems, which provide connectivity to end users, workstations, and servers;… see more
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#6: Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company provides various products, technologies, software, solutions, and services worldwide. The company’s Enterprise Storage and Servers segment provides storage and server products in industry standard servers, business critical systems, and StorageWorks offerings. Its HP Services segment offers a portfolio of multi vendor IT services, such as technology,… see more
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#5: Oracle
Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, servicing, and marketing of database, middleware, and application software. The company operates in five segments: New Software Licenses, Software License Updates and Products Support, Consulting, On Demand, and Education. The New Software Licenses segment provides… see more
Google, Inc. provides targeted advertising and Internet search solutions worldwide. It offers intranet solutions via an enterprise search appliance. The company’s products and services include Google.com that offers Google Base, which lets content owners submit content that they want to share on Google Web sites; personalized homepage and search; and Google Video and YouTube… see more
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#3: Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation provides software products for computing devices worldwide. Its Client segment engages in technical architecture, engineering, and product delivery of Windows product family comprising Windows Vista; Windows XP Professional and Home; Media Center Edition; Tablet PC Edition; and other Windows operating systems. The Server and Tools segment offers integrated… see more
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#2: Accenture
Accenture, Ltd. operates as a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company. Its management consulting services include customer relationship management; finance and performance management, which develops financial transaction processing, risk management, and business performance reporting solutions; human performance that works with clients on talent… see more
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#1: IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) engages in the development and manufacture of the advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems, and
microelectronics. It operates in three segments: Systems and Financing, Software, and Services. Systems and Financing segment offers servers; data storage products, including disk, tape,… see more
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Peter Michanek April 21st, 2008
1. People enter the name of companies with many different spellings. It must be very difficult to decide what is a different name for the same company and what is a totally different but similarly named company.
How can I help with this?
How do I report erroneous connections between names and companies?
2. On my profile I have the names of 11 different organizations. How do I indicate which of these I want to get news about?
Nimesh April 21st, 2008
Hi,
There should be profiles allowed for Colleges, Universities, B-Schools and T-Schools as well. So that they can connect to their alumni, and also attract recruiters for placements and internships on their campus, by giving relevant information and through showing the quality of alunmi they have from that college. This would serve purpose of an online campus recruitment portal as well.
Do give a thought…
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Nimesh Sharma
+91 9899144024
Dempsey April 24th, 2008
Peter, if you edit you history and go to re-enter the company name, LinkedIn will start searching for matches in the Company Profile db.
Mario Sundar April 28th, 2008
As Maisy mentioned in an earlier post, down the road users will have the ability to suggest or make changes to company profiles. Stay tuned to the blog for breaking news on product features.
Ari Ratner May 12th, 2008
I thought you all should know, company links do not work correctly. In order to provide a better user experience, this should be fixed. Great service though!
David Wagner August 6th, 2008
You have annouced Company Profiles, but we (the average LinkedIn customer) cannot add their company. I have sent numerous emails, and your response was to provide the neccessary information; however, to date I have not received a response or do I have a company profile.
What’s Up?
Mario Sundar August 7th, 2008
@Ari, and @David,
Thanks for your feedback and patience. I’m currently aggregating company profile requests that I’ve received thus far and so are my peers.
Will keep you posted as soon as we offer the ability for users to submit these directly.