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The issue at hand is how LinkedIn defines “public”. From the public profile settings page the author linked: > Select what shows via searches on Bing, Google,
by kevinconaway 9y ago
The issue at hand is how LinkedIn defines “public”. From the public profile settings page the author linked:
> Select what shows via searches on Bing, Google, etc. as well as on public profile badges and permitted services like Outlook, when the viewers are not logged-in members or did not bind their LinkedIn account to their account on such services.
Its not anyone who isn’t logged in but rather a subset of unauthenticated users who discover your profile through a specific set of avenues
Clicking on the informational icon next to “public” reinforces what they mean:
>All LinkedIn members as well as others who find you through search engines (e.g. Google, Bing) or other servies.
- detaro 9y agoI just tried googling the authors profile and got a login-wall coming from Google though.
- icebraining 9y agoAre you sure you're not running any browser extensions that might be blocking the Referrer header? On fresh Chrome profile, I didn't get a login-wall from Google, but I did get one coming directly to the URL.
- paulddraper 9y agoWTF? How is "accessible via the home page of 99%" of the Internet not public?
- pmlnr 9y agoThe exact wording is "Make my public profile visible to everyone". They need to re-word that sentence for certain, this way, it's not true.