jay neely, a boston-based entrepreneur and a social strategist takes an informative look at the linkedin versus facebook debate.

LinkedIn is smarter than a lot of people are currently giving them credit for. Compared to Ryze and some other business-focused social networks, they’ve put together a really well-developed site. I can’t blame them for being caught off guard by Facebook suddenly going from a college student network to the next hot business trend with platform potential.

For business networkers, the fate of LinkedIn vs. Facebook will depend on a few things:

jay points out the weaknesses of both social networking sites and what each must do to overcome them and gain ground over the other network.

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