Comments on: Xing grows revenue while profit falls – and no LinkedIn takeover likely http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/xing-grows-revenue-while-profit-falls-and-no-linkedin-takeover-likely/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Burda buys 25% stake in XING http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/xing-grows-revenue-while-profit-falls-and-no-linkedin-takeover-likely/comment-page-1/#comment-282234 Burda buys 25% stake in XING Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:40:29 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=13457#comment-282234 [...] based business social network XING continued to grow revenue and EBIDTA in the first nine months of 2009 while profits were smaller than last year. Total [...] [...] based business social network XING continued to grow revenue and EBIDTA in the first nine months of 2009 while profits were smaller than last year. Total [...]

]]> By: Björn Wilmsmann http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/xing-grows-revenue-while-profit-falls-and-no-linkedin-takeover-likely/comment-page-1/#comment-280533 Björn Wilmsmann Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:58:28 +0000 http://eu.techcrunch.com/?p=13457#comment-280533 I'm not sure but a takeover by LinkedIn could make sense since almost everyone (or at least all those who use the Internet for more than getting their eMail) in Germany who's not a student anymore is on XING but hardly anyone is on LinkedIn. For most of these people there simply is no reason for using LinkedIn in parallel or even for completely switching to LinkedIn. They mostly do business or find jobs in Germany so using a network with hardly any German users doesn't make sense for them and will continue to do so no matter how quickly LinkedIn is growing in other parts of the world. This effectively keeps LinkedIn from becoming a major player in the German market, which after the US arguably is the most important online market. I’m not sure but a takeover by LinkedIn could make sense since almost everyone (or at least all those who use the Internet for more than getting their eMail) in Germany who’s not a student anymore is on XING but hardly anyone is on LinkedIn.

For most of these people there simply is no reason for using LinkedIn in parallel or even for completely switching to LinkedIn. They mostly do business or find jobs in Germany so using a network with hardly any German users doesn’t make sense for them and will continue to do so no matter how quickly LinkedIn is growing in other parts of the world.

This effectively keeps LinkedIn from becoming a major player in the German market, which after the US arguably is the most important online market.

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