LinkedIn's search algorithm apparently favored men until this week

Until Sep. 7, LinkedIn users searching for female contacts on the site may have noticed some strange results. Searches for common female names were yielding suggestions for male names as well. Take a LinkedIn search for "Stephanie Williams." Earlier this week, that query returned the result, "did you mean Stephen Williams?" (in addition to the 2,500-plus users actually named Stephanie Williams). A search for "Stephen Williams," however, simply displayed the 7,200 results for people with that name.