[img src="" caption="" credit="" alt=""]Another company that's looking towards global expansion; LinkedIn. Kevin Eyres has been appointed the company's Managing Director in Europe, with LinkedIn's first European operation opening up in London. Given the amount of growth LinkedIn has seen over the last year (reportedly doubling in size in all major regions in Europe), the move is inevitable for LinkedIn. Last year the social network for professionals reached 1 million members in the UK, where it has its largest reach outside the U.S.
Aside from the fact that most social networks eventually need to ramp up their global expansion efforts, this has been particularly important for professional social networking. To that end, Xing has probably been the most aggressive, extending its global reach through expansion and acquisitions. Facebook has taken a two-pronged approach by hooking up with the Samwar brothers and leveraging its existing community to help out on the translation end.