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The site was displaying some generic error pages at first and then started showing an web server error: "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable," indicating that the network's servers are being rebooted. There are no updates as of yet from the LinkedIn Twitter account or on the LinkedIn blog. Here's the current face of LinkedIn:
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Of course the Twitterati are characteristically freaking out, as we can see from this snapshot of search results for the term "LinkedIn":
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We've contacted LinkedIn for more information on this downtime and will continue to keep you updated as the situation develops.
UPDATE: LinkedIn posted the following to their Twitter account:
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UPDATE: The site is now back up; keep calm and carry on.