# As The Economy Sours, LinkedIn’s Popularity Grows - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: February 15, 2009 (2009-02-16T01:43:26Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ed7b07375132/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ed7b07375132.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) As layoffs continued to pound the economy in January, one beneficiary was job networking site LinkedIn. According to the latest January data from comScore, the LinkedIn’s U.S. unique visitors shot up 22 percent to 7.7 million, up from 6.3 million in December. Total minutes spent on the site doubled in January to 96.8 million, from 47.6 million in December. Part of what is driving all the activity is people looking for job, and helping friends who are out of work. Recommendations are up 65 percent since December, says spokesperson Kay Luo. LinkedIn’s improved people search, which it launched at the end of November, is also driving a lot of activity on the site. The company is seeing a 50 percent increase in activity on the new search platform. When times are tough, networking is a survival skill. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [A Peek At Brightkite For the iPhone](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a0575dbace0a/) (techcrunch.com, October 16, 2008) - [Amazon Updates the iPhone Kindle App](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c75d8c59449c/) (techcrunch.com, May 21, 2009) - [Google Opens Up Internal Speed Tool To Developers](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/510512331e73/) (techcrunch.com, June 4, 2009) - [Real-Time Conversations Hasten Social CRM](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2de9d74500d1/) (techcrunch.com, July 12, 2009) - [Wall Street Journal Creating New “LinkedIn Killer” Called WSJ Connect](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/05ee386794d2/) (techcrunch.com, July 31, 2009) ## Saved the same week - [Marvel to unleash digital comic books on iTunes](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/152b4f563fef/) (appleinsider.com, February 10, 2009) - [Toys weekend deal: 500GB Pocket Drive, $104.99](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1144aaf1867e/) (9to5mac.com, February 14, 2009) - [Lighting Up TOC2009](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a3a4a4f7d451/) (duncandavidson.com, February 15, 2009) - [TED2009 Equipment Logistics](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d75305d05eb6/) (duncandavidson.com, February 15, 2009) - [Just posted! Canon EOS 5D Mark II review](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b84490ae3dc9/) (dpreview.com, February 15, 2009) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2009/02/14/as-the-economy-sours-linkedins-popularity-grows/