With all the great updates and improvements that LinkedIn has been doing lately, there is one in particular that caught my attention the most. It’s the Who’s Viewed My Profile feature. There are several different analytics within this feature that will no doubt come in handy for you and keep you or your company going in the right direction.
On your main page, this feature will tell you how many times you have shown up in search results for the past day. It will also show how many times your profile has been viewed for the day.Once you click on the highlighted statistic you will be directed to the Stats and Trends page of your profile. Armed with the right information, this page can certainly be a wealth of knowledge.
Not only will you be able to see all the profiles of individuals who have viewed your profile each day, but you are also able to see a bar graph showing how many times your profile was visited over the past ninety days. The bar graph statistics can be changed to show how many times you have shown up in search results over the past ninety days, as well. Better still, LinkedIn gives you a grand total for both statistics, too!
In addition to these great informative tools, you will find analytics about viewers by industry and the total visits for each; viewers by geography which is further broken down by country and visits for each as well as a world total; and the top ten search keywords used to find you shown with percentages for each.
The better you understand the statistics that are right at your fingertips, the more streamlined your efforts and focus can be.
Good point, but what you fail to mention is that you have to change your profile settings to take advantage of this feature. Once you do that, you can see who viewed your profile and others will see your name and headline when you view their profile.
So you have to give up some degree of anonymity to take advantage of this feature. And once you do so, you will only see who viewed your profile from that point forward, so you won’t get access to analytics about your recent views.
Just something to be aware of.
Hi,
I have a business premium account with LinkedIn, and I agree that being able to see who has viewed your profile is a great attribute, but why do some viewers pop up as “anonymous LinedIn user” or “someone from NYU has viewed your profile”.
Is there a way to figure out who these people are?
Thanks.
I have the same problem with trying to find out the identity of “Anonymous User”.
One of the posts mentions changing your profile settings in order to fully take advantage of “Who has Viewed My Profile”. Could someone provide more information?
Thank you to the previous people who have posted their comments. I look forward to reading the answers to your questions.
) …and now I invite all of us to listen to some music [play your favorite tunes] as we sit on our hands as we wait for your answers.
Thank you in advance to the LinkedIn Master Of Answers.
I’ve noticed that when my profile viewer is either anonymous or someone from…, I can click into a list of possibilities and it’s usually very simple to figure out who that person was, based on recent conversations, who I know, etc.
This is an old post and it appears that Neville’s predication has come to fruition. Although I am not associated with this site in any way, I am replying in hopes that it will help future visitors.
Ronin is correct in that your anonymity setting would have to be fully open in order to have access to analytics. Having said that, you still have the capability of reviewing the analytics, then changing your settings as often as you wish, back to anonymous.
In answer to the other questions; there are 3 settings in what others see when you’ve viewed their profile or visa versa. The first is completely open and shows your name and headline as usual. The second is semi-anonymous but shows a list of people categorized by profile similarities and the user can typically guess who may have been viewing the profile from that list, as Lyne has mentioned The third setting is totally anonymous and it is impossible to determine who specifically viewed your profile. Should you opt for a paid LinkedIn subscription as Diana has, you have the ability to remain completely anonymous but still have the availability of accessing all your analytics stats. Hope this helps.
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