Techniques for enhancing a member profile with a document reading history

1. A computer-implemented method for providing a bookmarking service integrated with a social networking service, the method comprising:

at a first computing device of the social networking service, using a computer processor:

receiving, over a communications network, from an application executing on a second computing device of a member of the social networking service, an indication that the member of the social networking service interacted with an item of content;

automatically analyzing the item of content to identify a skill corresponding to the item of content, the skill one of a plurality of standardized skills;

storing, in a storage device, the indication that the member interacted with the item of content and the indication of the skill associated with the item of content;

providing an interface to the member which presents information on the item of content and presents the skill; and

wherein analyzing the item of content to identify the skill comprises:

calculating term-inverse document frequency (tf-idf) scores for each of a plurality of terms in the item of content;

computing a set of terms for the item of content by selecting terms from the plurality of terms based upon their tf-idf scores; and

determining that the item of content is associated with the skill based upon a determination that at least a predetermined threshold number of the set of terms for the item of content matches terms from a plurality of terms associated with the skill.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving an indication that a second member of the social networking service interacted with a second item of content;

associating the second item of content with the skill;

determining that the member has not interacted with the second item of content; and

providing a recommendation to the member to interact with the second item of content.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

increasing a skill rank of the member for the skill.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application executing on the second computing device provides the indication that the member of the social networking service interacted with the item of content by reviewing a web browser history of the member of the social networking service.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving an indication from the member to recommend the item of content to a second member, the second member and the member being connected; and

presenting a recommendation of the item of content to the second member.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

storing information about the item of content along with the skill in the storage device.

7. A system for providing a bookmarking service integrated with a social networking service, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory;

a set of instructions operable on the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations to:

receive, over a communications network, from an application executing on a second computing device of a member of the social networking service, an indication that the member of the social networking service interacted with an item of content;

automatically analyzing the item of content to identify a skill corresponding to the item of content, the skill one of a plurality of standardized skills;

store, in a storage device, the indication that the member interacted with the item of content and the indication of the skill associated with the item of content;

provide an interface to the member which presents information on the item of content and presents the skill; and

wherein the operations to analyze the item of content to identify the skill comprises operations to:

calculate term-inverse document frequency (tf-idf) scores for each of a plurality of terms in the item of content;

compute a set of terms for the item of content by selecting terms from the plurality of terms based upon their tf-idf scores; and

determine that the item of content is associated with the skill based upon a determination that at least a predetermined threshold number of the set of terms for the item of content matches terms from a plurality of terms associated with the skill.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the at least one processor to perform further operations to:

receive an indication that a second member of the social networking service interacted with a second item of content;

associate the second item of content with the skill;

determine that the member has not interacted with the second item of content; and

provide a recommendation to the member to interact with the second item of content.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the at least one processor to perform further operations to:

increase a skill rank of the member for the skill.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the application executing on the second computing device provides the indication that the member of the social networking service interacted with the item of content by reviewing a web browser history of the member of the social networking service.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the at least one processor to perform further operations to:

receive an indication from the member to recommend the item of content to a second member, the second member and the member being connected; and

present a recommendation of the item of content to the second member.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the at least one processor to perform further operations to:

store information about the item of content along with the skill in the storage device.

13. A non-transitory machine readable medium that stores instructions which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations to:

receive, over a communications network, from an application executing on a second computing device of a member an indication that the member of a social networking service interacted with an item of content;

automatically analyzing the item of content with to identify a skill corresponding to the item of content, the skill one of a plurality of standardized skills;

store the indication in a storage device that the member interacted with the item of content and the indication of the skill associated with the item of content; provide an interface to the member which presents information on the item of content and presents the skill; and

wherein the operations to analyze the item of content to identify the skill comprises operations to:

calculate term-inverse document frequency (tf-idf) scores for each of a plurality of terms in the item of content;

compute a set of terms for the item of content by selecting terms from the plurality of terms based upon their tf-idf scores; and

determine that the item of content is associated with the skill based upon a determination that at least a predetermined threshold number of the set of terms for the item of content matches terms from a plurality of terms associated with the skill.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise operations to:

receive an indication that a second member of the social networking service interacted with a second item of content;

associate the second item of content with the skill;

determine that the member has not interacted with the second item of content; and

provide a recommendation to the member to interact with the second item of content.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise operations to:

increase a skill rank of the member for the skill.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the application executing on the second computing device provides the indication that the member of the social networking service interacted with the item of content by reviewing a web browser history of the member of the social networking service.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise operations to:

receive an indication from the member to recommend the item of content to a second member, the second member and the member being connected; and

present a recommendation of the item of content to the second member.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise operations to:

store information about the item of content along with the skill in the storage device.