Search Articles

  • Hosted Search: LinkedIn Search as a managed service

    December 8, 2022

    Search functionality is a core part of most data-driven products, and is used widely at LinkedIn. We have long provided a central platform for search functionalities; however, it was not fully managed in the sense that the application teams needed to own and operate the corresponding resources. As data needs grow and an increasingly high number of products want...

  • Improving Post Search at LinkedIn

    August 25, 2022

    Co-authors: Amol Chandla, Jagadeesan Sundaresan, Siddharth Pratap Singh, Saipriya Kumar, and Anand Kishore At LinkedIn Search, we strive to serve results that are most relevant to a member’s query, from a wide variety of verticals such as jobs they may be interested in, people they may want to connect with, or posts that are trending within their industry. Post...

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    Building a more intuitive and streamlined search experience

    April 22, 2021

    Co-authors: Rashmi Jain and Sonali Bhadra Search on LinkedIn is an essential part of our members’ experience, with more than 44% of members who visit the site each week performing at least one search. We’re continually working to improve that experience and recently introduced a new streamlined and intuitive search experience that brings together people, jobs,...

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    InSearch: LinkedIn’s new message search platform

    March 17, 2020

    Co-authors: Suruchi Shah and Hari Shankar The rise of instant messaging has changed how we communicate. Compared to the back-and-forth...

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    How natural language processing helps LinkedIn members get ...

    April 30, 2019

    As members explore the many products of LinkedIn, including the feed, homepage, Learning, Recruiter, and Sales Navigator, to name a...

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    Improving Member Productivity with In-Product Help

    December 27, 2018

    LinkedIn’s Help Center boasts a personalized experience aimed at getting our members the help they need, finding the answers to their...