I had read somewhere that LinkedIn does this to favor content that's on LinkedIn itself rather than going to a third party website. So if the links are going t

I had read somewhere that LinkedIn does this to favor content that's on LinkedIn itself rather than going to a third party website. So if the links are going to LinkedIn itself, they won't be penalized. I personally do find this to be a hassle. E.g., how should I cite references that are outside LinkedIn? Now that LinkedIn has some popularity, I think this Link policy should be reversed. And what's with needing to Like your own post? I refuse to do that in spite of it supposedly making the 'algorithm' happier. Between Google and Yahoo, et al, the Philoposhy Google search held was to let the users get what they were looking for and move out as soon as possible, whereas the other search providers were making portals to offer more and more on their own website. I cannot say whether this should apply to LinkedIn as well, however, surely alternate approaches have been there.