Your profile page serves three primary purposes: 1) It’s the place where you and others can use your Personal Network Search to search across your blog posts and bookmarks, as well as those from other users in your network, 2) It’s where all of the reports you make are stored, where you can view your trusted network, and where you can dive into more detailed views of your Lijit List and 3) It’s your “public face” on Lijit. Just as you can view your own profile page, you can view other informers’ profile pages and they can view yours too.

Here are some of the elements you’ll see on your profile page:

The Profile / Trust Chain Display Informers' Personal Network Search, bio, and trust chains display towards the top of their profile pages and are anchored on the left by pictures of their choosing. Profile pages look pretty similar whether you’re on your own or are visiting that of another informer. The primary difference you’ll see in this area when you’re on another informer’s profile page is the addition of a trust chain. The trust chain shows how you’re connected to the informer whose page you’re visiting. It will start with your picture and end with theirs. And if you’re not connected, no trust chain will display.

The Report List When you visit your profile page, the Report List displays by default. (You can see this selection in the left-hand navigation for the page.) The Report List displays all of the reports you’ve made since you started using Lijit in chronological order, with the most recent reports displaying at the top of the list. You’ll see this same view by default when you visit another informer’s page too.

The Lijit List The other view available from a profile page is the Lijit List. If you select this view from the left-hand navigation menu, you’ll see sub-navigation items appear that will allow you to view the “current best”, “current worst”, “all-time best” and “all-time worst” reports. These are just alternate views of a Lijit List. When you’re on another informer’s page, notice how their Lijit List can look much different than yours. What displays depends on who is in their trusted network -- since your networks are likely different, you'll likely see different reports!

The Search Stats Block The Search Stats Block displays stats about the searches that have been performed through your Personal Vertical Search. It shows the total number of searches that have been performed, as well as the term(s) used in the last five searches. You can click on any of the last five searches displayed to re-perform that search.

The Other Identities Block The Other Identities Block displays displays the other online identities (e.g. accounts on Digg, del.icio.us, Flickr, MySpace, etc.) that you’ve associated with your Lijit account.

The Trust Stats Block The Trust Stats Block displays statistics about the size of your network – who you trust and who trusts you. It’s fun to watch these stats change as you invite friends to join your trusted network and as you trust existing informers, as well as when people (who you may or may not know) find you and add you to their network!

The Trusted About Block The Trusted About block shows you in which subjects you (or the informer whose profile page you're viewing) are most trusted. This block is especially interesting, because it represents others’ views about you/this informer – it’s not just what you have to say about yourself. The subjects listed can be pretty interesting!

The Trusted By Block The Trusted By block displays the list of informers who trust you/the given informer. You are considered to be part of these informers’ networks and the reports you make display to them. Yes, it sometimes feels a little voyeuristic to check out who trusts who, but it’s kind of fun, so click around and check everyone out.

The Trusts Block The Trusts block displays the list of informers who you/the given informer trust. This is your network and it’s these people whose reports you see. This box can say a lot about a person, so again, click around and check who trusts who!

The Other Identities Block It's common for people to have multiple identities on the web. Maybe you have your own blog. Maybe you upload videos to YouTube. Maybe you submit stories to Digg. If someone trusts you, shouldn't they trust your other identies just as much? You can include your other identities within Lijit by adding them into your network as RSS, ATOM or OPML feeds. When you check the “This is me” box, those feeds will then show up in your Other Identities block.