• ReadWriteWeb, Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:38 AM

Hoping to vastly expand its online footprint, LinkedIn has opened a new developer platform, which, according to ReadWriteWeb, "should bring LinkedIn content, buttons, Twitter-esque 'profile summaries' and more to websites throughout the Web."

Beyond developers, the professional social network's new platform is offering an entire suite of plug-ins to bring all manner of content to individual Web sites. "Even better, it's making it as easy as the click of a button and it could offer some serious competition to Facebook's Open Graph on sites that cater to the career-minded," suggests ReadWriteWeb.

Addressing site publishers, LinkedIn explains: "You can show your visitors who they know in a professional context with the Member Profile plug-in, and display rich personalized insights about companies featured on your site with the Company Insider plug-in."

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