Source: eGrabber Newsletters In the last couple of weeks you might have noticed that a typical LinkedIn X-ray search on Google does not return the usual results. For example consider the search string example that we published in one of our newsletters earlier: site:linkedin.com java c++ (programmer OR developer) "greater atlanta" -inurl:directory When you click on the first search result for the above string, instead of taking you to the person's individual profile, it will take you to a LinkedIn page where results are organized by first or last name. You can overcome this by including a '- inurl:dir ' to the above search string. So the search syntax would now be site:linkedin.com keyword (title) "state" -inurl:directory -inurl:dir So if you are looking for java & C++ programmers in greater Atlanta, your search string will be site:linkedin.com java c++ (programmer OR developer) "greater atlanta" -inurl:directory -inurl:di