Yes! It’s been 1 year since we started the blog and quite the ride it has been. Starting off with a debate on whether or not we allow comments; our decision to allow comments has resulted in over 1500 comments we’ve received thus far, since we started blogging on Apr 24, 2007.

Here are some basic stats.

Two of the stats that stood out were, the reader engagement factor and the company participation in the corporate blog. Reader engagement as measured by number of comments currently is at nearly 9 comments a post. What’s more interesting is the fact that nearly 18% of our company’s workforce has currently blogged (including key members of the management team). And, that’s exactly the goal with which we started the blog; making it easier for you, the LinkedIn user, to communicate with the individuals behind these features.

As a treat to the regular readers of the blog, here’s a Top 10 list of product feature posts (based on popularity and clicks you’ve made) of the past year.

#10: Getting Things Done by Chris Richman

#9: Hot Topic: The Importance of a single email address by April Kelly

#8: Videos from the LinkedIn Q&A Event | Guy Kawasaki interviews Fake Steve Jobs

#7: The LinkedIn API Opportunity by Lucian Beebe

#6: Now companies too have profiles on LinkedIn by Maisy Samuelson

#5: What’s new in LinkedIn Groups by Benjamin Guthrie

#4: LinkedIn’s new redesigned homepage with Status by Elliot Shmukler

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And, we also awarded the contributors of the Top 3 blog posts (see below) with the Linky Awards 2007 (yes, we made one up) to thank our colleagues who not only create the coolest features on LinkedIn, but also engage in the “conversation” with our users. In case you’re wondering what those special prizes were, we got them all from our LinkedIn store. Here are the Top 3 LinkedIn Blog posts in 2007!

#3: Guess who’s viewed your profile? by Steven Stegman

#2: A photo is worth a thousand words by Adam Nash

#1: Announcing LinkedIn Mobile by Brandon Duncan featuring Jerry Luk

Please leave comments on how further improvements you’d like to see on the blog. Thanks for your support, encouragement and participation!