Comments on: FREE LinkedIn Search: Internal vs. X-Ray

By: Glen Cathey

Glen Cathey — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:43:27 +0000

Debbie and Mike, I don't use Google to search LinkedIn anymore - I've switched exclusively to Bing. I'd recommend reading this post I wrote for more info. The short version is that the results you are talking about (Debbie) are directory results - that's why you're getting a ton of people with the same name. Google makes you put in quite a bit of things into an X-ray search to isolate profiles only and not directory results, such as (inurl:pub OR inurl:in) -intitle:directory -inurl:jobs. When you use Bing, to isolate profiles, all you need to do is add the word "powered" to your search, because every public profile has the phrase "Public profile powered by." Check out this search as an example: site:linkedin.com powered java oracle unix "greater new york city area"

By: Mike S

Mike S — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:22:46 +0000

Its pretty simple to isolate the people you want from the large list of people with the same name on Linkedin.

Just use the ‘edit’ ‘find’ capability of your browser to look for the skills ( eg: Java ) you want & you’ll go straight to it or maybe even find more than one person with the right skills.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:48:18 +0000

Once you yield results of a google search for linkedin profiles, it seems that when you click on a name in the results, it takes you to a list of ALL the people on linkedin with the name you click on. Then you have to pinpoint the right candidate that fit the original google terms – its a bit painstaking and i was wondering if anyone else experienced this and knows any workarounds????

By: Lisa Beuning

Lisa Beuning — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:26:07 +0000

I am one of the ‘sourcing newbies’ that Matt Kerr referenced. And I would like to kiss your ring for sharing all of your expertise via this site.

Lisa Beuning

By: Boolean Black Belt

Boolean Black Belt — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:25:05 +0000

@Gururajesh – you can now X-Ray LinkedIn by specific country code/site – here is the complete list.

@Alexa – It doesn’t appear that you can search for words in LinkedIn sent mail/messages/invitations – at least not that I have found yet. I will look into it further and see what I can dig up. Take care, and thanks for reading!

By: Alexa Samuels

Alexa Samuels — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:11:32 +0000

Glen, love this post – thank you!

Do you know if it’s possible to search on the customized notes field in LinkedIn? When I connect with someone I usually add a short note (e.g. Met at the XXX conference in June 2010); however, I cannot search on this field in LinkedIn. Looking for a creative solution….

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:45:15 +0000

Is it possible to do an x-ray on linkedin and search by ‘joined’ date? Thanks

By: karo

karo — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:36:27 +0000

Great! Fantastic! Thanj you veeeery much:)

By: Nikhil.G

Nikhil.G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:59 +0000

Great job done Glenn,
Boolean techniques do really help …

Thanks & regards,
Nikhil.G

By: LinkedIn Network Connections: How Do You Measure Up?

LinkedIn Network Connections: How Do You Measure Up? — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:46 +0000

[...] As a reader of my blog, I’m assuming you fit somewhere in the sourcing/recruiting/talent acquisition space – and having a decent sized network on LinkedIn allows you to run searches taking full advantage of LinkedIn’s search interface instead of having to resort to the imprecise science of X-Ray searching LinkedIn to view results of people outside of your network. [...]