Is LinkedIn Actively Preventing Recruiters from Searching Profiles via Google?
Recruiters often like to use the site: command on search engines to find LinkedIn profiles (a method we first described five years ago) because search engines avoid the 100 results per search limit imposed on queries done within LinkedIn’s own Advanced search (for free LinkedIn account users) and because they reveal unblended profiles of people outside your three-degree network (only LinkedIn corporate account holders can view virtually all users), especially handy when you’re sourcing in new areas where you don’t have a strong network.