LinkedIn may not be in the same league as Facebook and Twitter, but it's catching up. The professional-networking site recently passed the milestone of 100 million users and is growing exponentially. According to the site's creators, a million people are signing up to LinkedIn every week. The site connects members in the same industry, allowing them to network with each other online, and hosts company pages listing employees from firms such as Apple, Cisco, eBay, and Amazon. Here, a look at the numbers behind LinkedIn's growth:
100 million
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