LinkedIn to follow the ‘Button Trend’

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This week has witnessed the buttons being launched by both Google and Twitter. LinkedIn will be the next to follow the suit. Does it has to do anything with them floating in public (the IPO’s)?

LinkedIn is now set to follow the ‘Button Trend’ suit by launching its ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ button that will enable third party websites to integrate the functionality within their existing web pages, hence making the process simpler and not missing the existing job seekers.

As an internet trend, most of the people browsing the sites try to read the news, articles, blogs and stories tend to copy past the URL‘s or click the hyperlinked text/ images to reach to the landing page with the relevant content. Tim-Berners Lee saw the value in hyperlinking various parts of a document/ project/ or a separate page in order to increase the functionality, at the same time saving time for the reader of the document/ web page entry. A search for the keyword ‘Hyperlink‘ may return over 36 million results on Google search although its application possibilities in our everyday lives are endless.

I reckon this ‘Button Trend’ in the social media is based upon the internet traffic (over 2 billion links/ images/ text pieces being shared on the internet today) and also the common sense approach to make their overall website offering and brand presence more profitable and viable for the end user. On the other hand, LinkedIn shares are said to be plummeting in the market over the recommended mark. The other day a global finance strategist I was speaking to on phone, said asking anything above $44-45 for LinkedIn shares would be “asking for too much”.

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