LinkedIn announces 3m members, opens Perth office

LinkedIn has opened an office in Perth and announced its three millionth member in Australia.

According to figures from the business social network – which launched in 2003 and set up its first Australian office in 2010 – LinkedIn has seen daily unique browsers grow by 92% in the year since February 2011 and a 168% jump in page impressions.

However, the company would not reveal actual numbers or its rate of growth over the last 12 months.

LinkedIn draws 620,000 unique visitors a month and reaches 3.6% of Australians online, according to Google stats.