Ta kaddamar a kan May 5, 2003, a matsayin daya daga cikin na farko kasuwanci-daidaitacce online social networks. Peter Thiel da Keith Rabois, abokan aiki na Hoffman a PayPal, zuba jari a LinkedIn. By Nuwamba 2014, LinkedIn yana da kan 332 miliyan mambobi a fiye da 200 kasashe da yankuna. A shafin damar rijista masu amfani don ƙirƙirar sana'a bayanan martaba da kuma haɗi tare da juna. Masu amfani iya kiran kowa (ko da wani mai amfani site ko ba) ya zama connection. A cewar Forbes, "LinkedIn ne, da nisa, mafi m zamantakewa sadarwar kayan aiki samuwa ga masu neman aiki da kuma kasuwanci kwararru".
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