LinkedIn Profile Candidate Finder — Google Indexed

Find likely LinkedIn profile candidates for people you already know using public Google-indexed identity signals. Get ranked candidates, confidence scores, and matching evidence. No LinkedIn account or cookies. Every result requires human review.

• Google-only discovery: uses public Google-indexed web results without Bing, Brave, LinkedIn sessions, browsers, or people-data providers.
• Auditable candidates: returns canonical profile URLs, public result titles/snippets, scores, and explicit match reasons.
• Honest outcomes: Google gaps become not_found; invalid inputs and search failures remain distinct errors.
• Delivered-only pricing: $0.50 per 1,000 successful candidate sets. not_found, errors, and empty inputs are free. Platform usage is included.

Quick start

{
  "people": [
    {
      "fullName": "Satya Nadella",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "domain": "microsoft.com",
      "title": "CEO",
      "location": "Redmond"
    }
  ],
  "maxCandidates": 5,
  "includeEvidence": true,
  "minScore": 40
}

Use public professional clues you already possess. More context can improve ranking, but no combination of clues turns a candidate into verified identity.

What the results mean

Each input produces one ordered Dataset record:

• candidate_found: at least one canonical linkedin.com/in/... result reached the configured score;
• not_found: Google did not expose a candidate that reached the threshold;
• error: the item was invalid or its Google-only search failed.

requiresReview is set to true for every record. A high score means the public result matched more supplied clues; it is not proof that the profile belongs to the intended person.

{
  "fullName": "Satya Nadella",
  "company": "Microsoft",
  "domain": "microsoft.com",
  "title": "CEO",
  "location": "Redmond",
  "status": "candidate_found",
  "bestCandidateUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
  "bestCandidateTitle": "Satya Nadella - Chairman and CEO at Microsoft - LinkedIn",
  "bestCandidateSnippet": "Public Google-indexed profile snippet...",
  "score": 100,
  "confidence": "high",
  "matchReasons": ["name matched", "company matched", "title matched"],
  "requiresReview": true,
  "source": "google_public_index",
  "queryCount": 1,
  "candidates": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
      "title": "Satya Nadella - Chairman and CEO at Microsoft - LinkedIn",
      "snippet": "Public Google-indexed profile snippet...",
      "score": 100,
      "confidence": "high",
      "matchReasons": ["name matched", "company matched", "title matched"]
    }
  ]
}

Google may return stale snippets or a profile belonging to a namesake. Review the URL, title, snippet, and supplied clues before using a result.

Input reference

people

Required array of 1–1,000 known people. fullName is required. Optional company, domain, title, location, and keywords are used only as search and ranking clues.

The Actor executes at most three Google-only query variants per unique normalized input. Duplicate inputs share the same search work but retain their physical input positions.

maxCandidates

Returns 1–10 ranked candidates per successful input. The default is 5. One successful input costs one event regardless of whether it returns one or five candidates.

includeEvidence

Enabled by default. Disable it to omit result titles, snippets, and per-candidate match reasons while retaining canonical URLs and scores.

minScore

The default is 40. Raising it reduces candidate delivery and false positives, but cannot provide identity verification.

maxConcurrency

The conservative default is 5. Increasing it does not change the Google-only source or ranking semantics.

Ordering, duplicates, errors, and recovery

Dataset records keep physical input order. Equivalent normalized inputs reuse their search result, while each input still receives its own record. Dataset contents are the recovery source of truth: a restarted run continues after the committed prefix and does not write or charge those records again.

invalid_input is separate from search_failed, and both are separate from a genuine not_found. The Actor never silently calls another search engine.

Pricing and budget behavior

One candidate_found record triggers one candidate-set-delivered event at $0.0005:

Successful candidate sets	Price
100	$0.05
1,000	$0.50
10,000	$5.00

not_found, errors, and empty input produce no delivery event. Platform usage is included. The Actor reserves the possible event charge before scheduling another input, so a run spending limit can stop processing before the next person starts.

Coverage and limitations

• The Actor searches Google's public LinkedIn profile index only.
• It does not visit LinkedIn profile pages.
• It does not return full work history, contact details, private data, or identity verification.
• Google can omit profiles, retain stale snippets, or rank a namesake above the intended person.
• A profile not returned by Google becomes not_found; there is no hidden Bing, Brave, browser, account, or paid-data fallback.
• This is candidate discovery, not LinkedIn People Search, a verified resolver, or an outreach tool.

API and automation

Use the same JSON through the Apify JavaScript or Python client, CLI, HTTP API, schedules, webhooks, Make, or Zapier. Dataset exports are available in JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, and other Apify formats.

For automated review queues, filter for status=candidate_found, retain requiresReview, and send the evidence to a human reviewer rather than treating the score as verified identity.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Why did a known person return not_found?

Google may not index that LinkedIn profile or may not expose enough public evidence for the configured threshold. The Actor does not substitute another source or guess a slug.

Why can a high score still be wrong?

Namesakes can share employer, title, or location terms. Scores summarize matching public text; they do not authenticate a person.

Does this scrape LinkedIn profiles?

No. It accepts public professional clues and ranks linkedin.com/in/ URLs found in Google's public index. It does not open the candidate profiles.

Is this affiliated with LinkedIn or Google?

No. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LinkedIn Corporation or Google. Use public search evidence responsibly and comply with applicable laws and platform terms.