Thanks for the tip on optimizing my other two links from LinkedIn as well. Normally I don’t really care for my own websites to score. Just the IDMK workshop needed some help. But you might want to edit your post, because, now all my anchors are optimized. Again, thanks for the tip!

Awesome.

Too bad that will lead to likely even more spam in Linkedin.

Thanks alot, was already busy with linkedIn for a while, but didnt notice the option for direct linking.

@Peter: No problem, glad I could help ;)
@David: I certainly hope not…

Think it’s too spammy to also change your personal URL too?

@ David, Spammers have been using Linkedin for quite a while.
@ Todd, Profile Spamming is all about using keyword rich domains. If the main domain doesn’t have it people sometimes create subdomains e.g. keyword-rich.mydomain.com — This is Forum Profile Spamming 101.

Thank you for this helpful info. I an new at this stuff but I am going to try what you have reccomended

@Todd: I wouldn’t use a /keyword-rich-profile-name/ for your personal LinkedIn profile ;)

Excellent, thanks for the tip. Any cases known of profile spamming on linkedin, like creating multiple profiles?

@weip, true true, that’s why I thought i would toss up the question first before I looked like too much of a scum-bag… lol

i did it a while ago ;)

I just costed me a minute to update my L-profile. Thanks a lot.

I was about to write an article about this exact tip on my blog, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t repeating myself. Thanks for this simple, helpful, SEO tip!

Weren’t the linked in links changed to 302 redirects a few months ago? Is anyone still seeing link juice being passed?

Really helpful post. I did not know that this was possible in Linkedin. Google see the link in the profile, but now I know how to upgrade it for SEO. Thanks for this posting! regards, V

Just come across this post and updated my profile at linked in great idea. looking to update all my other profiles where i can.

Thanks for this. I had a linkin profile but was not using for any seo purposes.

Yep Hyper Dog Media, they seem to be redirecting these links.

I think the juice stopped flowing. There is still comming some direct traffic from it but that’s all i think. I tryed it with some small niche words.

Never bothered to make a linkedin profile.
Now I know why should I have one !! Thanks a ton

Thank you very much! This is very useful information for me and my colleagues.

Thanks for your efforts to explain things so those of us that are a little challenged can not only comprehend them but also implement them. I’m posting links on my blog so others can benifit from your information.

Thanks for this tip! I will trie this

Thanks for the tip! I’ve a linkedin profile, I’ll use it for seo purposes.