Today we’re excited to announce a major refresh of LinkedIn Polls. Since LinkedIn Polls launched two years ago, over one million professionals have used it to survey professional audiences and analyze the results. With the new enhancements announced today, if you have an audience anywhere on the web, we think this will become your best tool to quickly and easily reach that audience and analyze the results.
I’m sure you’ve heard of the concept “the wisdom of crowds”. Pretty cool stuff, right? Today, we’re launching a product that will allow you to leverage the wisdom of your professional network on LinkedIn.
This is my first post on the LinkedIn Blog. I’m an associate product manager here at LinkedIn and I am excited to announce one of the early LinkedIn Polls on our site. This poll question is asked by Presidential Candidate, Senator John McCain — his LinkedIn profile can be found here.
Senator McCain asks what has the most long-term potential to make gas affordable for Americans, a topic that’s definitely on the top of voters’ minds this general election. Thus far, over 2500 professionals on LinkedIn have given their two cents. Here’s a chance to make your voice heard: join thousands of other professionals by answering Senator McCain’s question and clicking on one of the choices within the poll below. [ed: the poll is now over (oct 2008)]
