The document provides an overview of LinkedIn X-ray search techniques, highlighting its advantages such as the ability to view unlimited profiles and access publicly available information for free. It details the URL patterns for LinkedIn profiles, examples of effective search strings, and mentions online tools that facilitate X-ray searches. Additionally, the document touches on the concept of 'peeling back' URLs to retrieve deeper information and promotes upcoming workshops on the topic.

1. LinkedIn X-Ray Search

2. LinkedIn X-Ray Search
Contents of the Webinar
What is a X-Ray Search & Advantages
 Understand the URL pattern of LinkedIn
 Examples of Search Strings
 Online tools for X-ray Search
 SourcePro Workshop
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3. LinkedIn X-Ray Search
X-ray Search and Its Advantages
X-ray search is a process of identifying information
from a particular website/domain. It is called a site
search.
Syntax used
Google - site:
Yahoo - domain: or site:
Live (MSN) - domain: or site:
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Advantages of X-ray search on LinkedIn:
• Unlimited profile views for free
• 88% of all the LinkedIn profiles are publicly accessible, that means we can view
these profiles for free
• Full names are visible for any degree (for free)
• Can view out of network connections (for free)

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URL Patterns on Linkedin
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Default URL:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/yusuf-pathan/23/9b/184
(First time when you create your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn allocates a default URL
pattern by default as shown in the above URL.
• You will have pub after linkedin.com/ and some combination of numbers after the
name.
Customised/Personalised URL:
http://in.linkedin.com/in/keyresourcing
Linkedin allows you to customise/personalise your public profile URL as shown above in
the URL.
Once you customise/personalise your URL the word “pub” and the “number
combination” gets replaced by “in” and your personalised name.

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URL Patterns on Linkedin
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Country specific URLs:
India
http://in.linkedin.com/pub OR http://in.linkedin.com/in
United Kingdom
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub OR http://uk.linkedin.com/in
Keyword Selection:
Understand the LinkedIn profiles and patterns used in LinkedIn. You can include phrases
like “people you know” “looking for a new opportunity”
-“present” “2014”
Exclude Directories:
(inurl:com/pub | inurl:com/in) -inurl:pub/dir
Exclude false positive results
Exclude other Keywords:
You can exclude certain keywords like - -inurl:jobs –inurl:profiles

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Examples of Search Strings on Linkedin
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(site:in.linkedin.com/pub | site:in.linkedin.com/in)
("software engineer" at *) "looking for a new opportunity" -
inurl:pub/dir
First example
Second Example
(site:in.linkedin.com/pub | site:in.linkedin.com/in)
("software engineer" at *) "people you know" -dir -jobs
site:in.linkedin.com/in/ -"present" 2014

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Online tools for X-ray Search on LinkedIn
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http://recruitin.net/
http://recruitmentgeek.com/tools/linkedin/
Google Custom Search Engine is the best way to create your X-Ray search
machine. Check our earlier recorded webinar on creating Google Custom
Search Engine at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ktgrYZ8I0
Or Subscribe to our YouTube Channel which is
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Hint for the contest
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Peeling back is the process of “retracing the path” of the url.
This process is to locate the information elsewhere on the
site or locate the specific “root” folder where one can find
similar or additional data specific or related to the search.
Peeling Back
Example of Peeling Back on
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/msgToConns?displayCreate=&con
nId=2266439&goback=%2Enpv_19187967_*1_*1_NAME*4S
EARCH_WQQz_*1_en*4US_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_
*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1
_*1_tyah2_*1&trk=prof-0-sb-message-button

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