This is an effort to compare the profile features of LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+. This has been issued in Public Interest to help the user of Social media to understand the capabilities of the platform and therefore to help him choose the platform keeping in mind his needs. What you store is what you get. The entire social media experience is dictated therefore by the quantity and quality of information that can be accessed and available. Happy Reading

1. 1Issued in Public Interest
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2. S.No Profile Elements
1 Profile Photo √ √ √ √
2 Cover Photo √/ Background √/ Header √/ Cover Image √/ Cover Photo
3 Professional Elements of a
Headline
√/ 120 Character limit x x √ /Tag line (No
Character limit)
4 Contact information √ x √ √
5 Contact & Connection √/ Contact who is not a
connection can also be stored
along with the repository of
connections and you can
manage the contact &
connections in one single
repository.
x x x
6 Relationship Tag √/ Tags are used to organize
contacts & connections. 200
tags can be created. Each tag
can contain 999 connections.
But if you have less than or
equal to 50 connections in a
tag, You can send bulk mail to
those 50 connections
x √/ Lists are similar to tags to the
extent that you can organize
your connections, however the
purpose of lists is to filter the
news feeds posted by the
specific members of a list.
Conversely you can also make
specific post to specific list.
√/ Circles are similar
to lists in facebook.
Notes √ x x x
Reminder √ x x x
How you met √ x x x
Mail Trail √ x x x

3. S.No Profile Elements
8 Summary √/ (2000 characters are
allowed)
√ / Bio (Only 160
characters allowed)
√/ About you (No Character
limit)
√/ Introduction (No
Character limit)
9 Photo Gallery √/ Only Professional photos
are recommended.Photos
related to different
sections(Summary,
Experience & Education) can
be added). YouTube videos
can be included.Photos
cannot be tagged. Albums
can't be created.
√ / Photos get
automatically uploaded
whenever a tweet is
tweeted. However only six
of the latest Photographs
appear in the Profile Page
√ / Photos can be uploaded. The
Photo section is delineated in
great detail as Photos of you,
Your Photos, and Albums. The
Photos are further distinguished
as Timeline Photos, Mobile
Uploads, Profile Pictures,
SlideShare Photos, Cover Photos
and as many albums that you
wish to create. Photos can be
tagged. Videos can be added.
√/ Photos can be uploaded.
The Photo section is
delineated in great detail
as Photos of you, and as
many Albums that you
wish to create. Provision
has been made for Profile
Pictures seperately. Photos
can be tagged. Videos can
be added.
10 Experience √ x √ √
11 Education √ x √ √
12 Basic information √/ Birthday, Marital Status,
Languages
x √/ Birth Date, Birth Year,
Gender, Languages
√/ Gender, Looking for,
Birthday, Relationship,
Other names

4. S.No Profile Elements
13 Skills & Expertise Upto 50 skills can be added x Skills are limited to those
displayed as you start to key
in a skill
n' number of skills
14 Interests √ x x x
16 Endorsements √ x x x
17 Recommendations √/ Recommendations can be
given to individuals &
Received by individuals
x x x
18 Projects √/ Can be included in both
Experience & Educational
Details
x √/ Can be included only in
Experience Details
x
19 Publications √ x x x
20 Organizations you
Support
√ x x x
21 Honors & Awards √ x x x
22 Test Scores √ x x x
23 Courses √ x x x

5. S.No Profile Elements
24 Patents √ x x x
25 Certifications √ x x x
26 Volunteering & Causes √ x x x
27 Sports (Teams, Athletes) x x √ x
28 Music (Likes, Listen Later) x x √ x
29 Movies (Watched, Want to watch,
Likes)
x x √ x
30 Books (Read, Want to read, Likes) x x √ x
31 Likes (Inspirational people,
Restaurants,clothing, other likes)
x x √ x
32 Notes x x √ x
33 Bragging Rights x x x √

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Thank You
Contact:
Raghunath Ramaswamy,
raghu@spectrumconsultingindia.com
9840925155
Twitter:@RaghuRamaswamy
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