Suddenly, LinkedIn Is A Traffic Firehose

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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Tools Travel Politics Latest Video Monday, May 2, 2011 Suddenly, LinkedIn Is A Traffic Firehose Out of nowhere, Business Insider started seeing real referral traffic from LinkedIn last month.The chart above illustrates the spike.  LinkedIn product manager Liz Walker tells us the traffic is coming from a bunch of sources – mostly new products like LinkedIn.com/Today, newsletters, and LinkedIn News. All of these sources are programmed by LinkedIn populated "inShares," which are kind of like Facebook "likes" or Twitter "re-tweets." Who knew? Google, by the way, is trying to pull of a similar trick with its +1 button.  Larry Page is obsessed with figuring out social. He's worried about how people are finding content in their Facebook News Feeds and Twitter streams before they ever think to Google search for it. Maybe he should worry about Linkedin, too. Maybe he should just buy LinkedIn. Read » Also On SAI Today: 10 Secrets Apple Doesn't Want You To Know About Mac OS X Lion Facebook's New Ad Sales Boss Is Totally Stoked To Have To Share A Desk With Her Assistant After Insiders Can't Find Buyers, Impressive Facebook Financials Mysteriously Leak Startling Facts That Show How HUGE Indian Tech Is Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Incredible Profit Growth In Context CHART OF THE DAY: Microsoft Keeps Burning Hundreds Of Millions Online CHART OF THE DAY: Android's App Store Will Be The Same Size As Apple's This July Share this email: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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