LinkedIn debuts Italian business network
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- Apr 16, 2010
LinkedIn has launched a new version of its site in the Italian language, as the business-based social network looks to expand its international reach.
The announcement closely follows the addition of Portuguese on April 13th and continues LinkedIn’s investment in the European market.
The site is also available in English, French, Spanish and German.
From today, members can select the Italian version of LinkedIn right from their homepage. LinkedIn has a growing member base in Italy with close to one million Italian professionals using the site.
The addition of a local language version will allow members to communicate, collaborate and share information more easily with their trusted professional contacts in their native language.
Kevin Eyres, Managing Director of LinkedIn Europe commented; “Our growth in Europe has mirrored our expanding member base worldwide. For some time we’ve been the largest professional network on the continent recently passing 15 million members. Our continued focus on adding new languages illustrates our commitment to being relevant to our members by allowing them to easily tap into the world’s largest resource of business knowledge and expertise both locally and further afield.”
The launch of Italian is the latest step in a number of significant developments now being enjoyed by professionals around the world.
These include the ability for members to pair their LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, the integration of LinkedIn to Microsoft Outlook 2010 and the addition of the LinkedIn BlackBerry® app to the network’s existing iPhone® and Palm Pre™ mobile offering.
Worldwide, LinkedIn has been pursuing an aggressive growth strategy with recent office openings in the Netherlands, Dublin, Australia, India and Canada.
These add to the company’s existing corporate headquarters in Mountain View and its London office.
LinkedIn Italy stats:
Members: approaching 1m
Top five regions:
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Milan
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Rome
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Bologna
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Turin
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Venice
Top five companies:
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Accenture
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Telecom Italia
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Studio Tike
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Unicredit
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IBM
Most connected university: La Sapienza University, Rome
Worldwide stats:
Membership
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65m members worldwide including:
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15m members in Europe
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5m members in India
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3m members in the UK
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1m members in France
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1m members in the Netherlands
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1m members in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
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1m members in Australia
Growth
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1 new member joins LinkedIn every second
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1m new members join every 12 days
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Site use
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More than 12m small business professionals
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More than 1bn people searches on LinkedIn last year
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More than 500,000 groups on LinkedIn ranging from company and university alumni to small business and board level focus
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More than 100,000 members joining groups every day
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More than 500,000 company profiles
http://www.linkedin.com/italiano
