Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to measuring labor market friction using social networking member information as a proxy for nationwide labor statistics. As nationwide labor statistics are often generic, the social networking member information can serve as a way to more granularly identify where labor market frictions are occurring across communities and/or industries. A user selects one or more labor pool criterion for selecting job postings of a social networking service to be included in the desired labor market. The labor pool criterion are also used to select potential members of the social networking service to be included in the desired labor market. Various comparisons are then made to match the member profiles of the potential members with the selected job postings to determine vacancy rates and potential job seekers. These values are then used to highlight geographic regions where there may be labor market friction.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for publishing profiled content, where such profiled content can be personalized to individual members. Policies for displaying such content can be set by business personnel obviating the need to hard-code such policies by information technology personnel. These polices may stipulate that personalized content covering geographic information, products owned, products available, etc., may be arranged in various ways and at various times to enhance a member's experience with such content. Personalization may be initiated by member login information, where such login information allows for the matching up of a member's profile against stored data corresponding to such a profile. Once this matching up is accomplished, member personalized content can be displayed across various web pages.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for publishing profiled content, where such profiled content can be personalized to individual members. Policies for displaying such content can be set by business personnel obviating the need to hard-code such policies by information technology personnel. These polices may stipulate that personalized content covering geographic information, products owned, products available, etc., may be arranged in various ways and at various times to enhance a member's experience with such content. Personalization may be initiated by member login information, where such login information allows for the matching up of a member's profile against stored data corresponding to such a profile. Once this matching up is accomplished, member personalized content can be displayed across various web pages.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for outage avoidance in connecting to a remote system. The systems and methods dynamically adjust the number of requests allowed to attempt to access the remote system, resulting in a more efficient use of resources and an improved user experience.

Abstract: A system for providing client services with the assistance of a single source includes a distributed Internet application (DIA) maintained by an assisting party. A computer system is provided for accessing the DIA by a user. The DIA includes a presentation tier, an integration tier and a business tier. An application server couples the integration tier and the presentation tier to determine task sequencing in the presentation tier. A plurality of business units of the assisting party are provided in the business tier, the business units being accessible through the integration tier.