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Preface: I hate LinkedIn Do we know that in fact LinkedIn is scraping? Could it be that the LinkedIn data science team is erroneously matching company names wi
by abirch 4y ago
Preface: I hate LinkedIn
Do we know that in fact LinkedIn is scraping? Could it be that the LinkedIn data science team is erroneously matching company names with job titles that are added to its website? E.g., someone from YMCombinator posts a page to LinkedIn and puts the application link to angel.co. Then LinkedIn mistakenly sees YMCombinator as YCombinator and adds the logo (no scraping involved).
- arcturus17 4y agoWhatever you think of LinkedIn’s or Microsoft’s ethical standards this would be so comical - and could piss off so many major LinkedIn large customers - that it warrants alternative hypotheses like yours.
- smt88 4y agoLinkedIn may or may not be scraping. Just remember that scraping is a pejorative word for what Google does, also known as "indexing".
- abirch 4y agoHistorically LinkedIn and Indeed were my go to places. When I go to LinkedIn and do a job search, I expect that there is really a job and not a job that was removed 2 weeks ago. That the "Date Posted" isn't the "Date Scraped." If LinkedIn started to scrape and have a ton of spam, I simply would no longer use them. My question was to determine if there's an alternative explanation or if they are scraping.
- afiori 4y agoI would differentiate scraping and indexing by how you represent ownership/authorship. Google search results are indexed content. Google magic answer boxes are often scraped content. Taking OP's claim at face value this looks like scraping to me.