{"id":28296,"date":"2012-12-11T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T08:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=28296"},"modified":"2012-12-11T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T08:56:24","slug":"linkedin-sa-reaches-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/28296\/linkedin-sa-reaches-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn SA reaches milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

LinkedIn, the\u00a0professional network which boasts more than 187 million members globally, has announced that it has now signed up more than two million South African users.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2003, LinkedIn has\u00a0members\u00a0from more than 200 countries. The group says it had\u00a0nearly 143 million unique visitors in September 2012; making the site the 25th most visited in the world.<\/p>\n

LinkedIn South Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The three biggest industries in South Africa:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Information technology and services
\n\u00b7 Financial services
\n\u00b7 Accounting<\/p>\n

The three companies with the most employees on LinkedIn in South Africa:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Absa
\n\u00b7 Eskom
\n\u00b7 Standard Bank Group<\/p>\n

The top three regions across South Africa for LinkedIn membership:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0Johannesburg Area
\n\u00b7\u00a0Cape Town Area
\n\u00b7\u00a0Durban Area<\/p>\n

Top three universities:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0University of Johannesburg
\n\u00b7\u00a0University of Pretoria\/Universiteit van Pretoria
\n\u00b7\u00a0University of South Africa\/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika<\/p>\n

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LinkedIn hits 187 million members<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Corporate SA neutral on social media impact<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook\u2019s balancing act<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Local investors shun Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

LinkedIn closes in on 2 million SA users<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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