LinkedIn Glossary

1st Degree Connection: Users you’ve chosen to connect with. You most likely know them eg. have been to school/university/work with them.
2nd Degree Connection: A contact of a 1st degree connection i.e. “ a friend of a friend” You must request an introduction from 1st connection.
3rd Degree Connection: A contact of a 2nd degree connection. You must request an introduction but requires an intermediary step.
Activity Feed: Displays network activity such as joining/starting groups, comments, profile changes, and application downloads.
Activity Broadcasts: What is sent to the Activity Feed and visible to others. Can be edited.
Anonymous Viewers: Ever see that an anonymous member has viewed your profile? This means that the individual who viewed your profile has adjusted their privacy settings so that you cannot see his/her identifying information. This is often done by a recruiter or someone wanting to stay discreet.
Answers: Can be found in the ‘more’ tab, and is organized into New, Top and Categorized. Browse questions and subsequent asked by all LinkedIn users.
Basic Account: A free LinkedIn account is what the majority sign up for. Features are limited but usable, however you may wish to upgrade and pay.
Business Account: Can be paid annually or monthly. Features include 3 InMails a month, more profile search results, expanded profiles and storage space.
Business Plus Account: Can be paid annually or monthly. Features include 10 InMails a month, improved search results, expanded profiles, storage space and company intros.
Company Page: Businesses use this page to share information about their company and post industry updates. Company pages are great resources to research a business or review their products and services.
Connection: LinkedIn members who have accepted invitations to connect are connections. Connections can view profiles and networks of one another.
Executive Account: Can be paid annually or monthly. Features include 25 InMails a month, premium search results, maximum storage,3rd degree connection info, search filters.
Groups: These often serve as discussion forums on LinkedIn between group members.
InMail: Private messages that allow a member to directly contact any LinkedIn user, whilst protecting the recipient’s privacy (fee based).
Job Seekers Account: You can choose basic, standard or plus, for paid accounts that maximize your job seeking, and to make yourself visible to employers.
Inbox: Your inbox works like an email inbox. It holds personal messages that are sent to you by other LinkedIn members.
Intermediary: The process whereby a 1st degree connection must request an introduction from the secondary connection, in order to connect to the 3rd.
Introductions: If you’d like to connect with someone you aren’t connected with, you can send that person an Introduction.
Invitations: If you’d like to ask someone you know to join the LinkedIn network, you can send them an invitation.
Mention: Similar to other social networks, LinkedIn allows you to mention other members in your updates.
Network: Your network consists of your 1st Degree, 2nd Degree and 3rd Degree connections.
Open Link Network: Premium members can join, which then allows any LinkedIn member to send them an InMail free of charge, regardless of relationship.
Profile: Your profile image, credentials and other personal information are shared on your profile. Most LinkedIn users use this space to upload their resume or display job history and experience.
Recommendation: This LinkedIn feature allows users to share recommendations of one another, which are visible to anyone who views your profile. You can ask your connections for recommendations.
Skill Endorsements: The endorsement feature lets you recognize your connections for skills you’ve seen them demonstrate. Your connections can also endorse skills you’ve listed on your profile. Endorsements can strengthen a profile and help to keep connections strong within your network.