Do you wish you could search a LinkedIn contact based on some keywords such as "met at the TED conference"? Or keep some personal notes of your LinkedIn contacts? Now you can with Contact Sync, a browser extension developed by happy.ch.dev. This free add-on for Chrome allows you to link your Gmail contacts with your LinkedIn contacts, enhancing LinkedIn's capabilities with Gmail's ease of use.

To start using Contact Sync, simply open a LinkedIn profile page. The extension will activate only on LinkedIn profile pages. Click on the Contact Sync icon to search for the person in your Gmail contacts. If it's your first time using the extension, you'll need to grant permission for it to access your Gmail contacts.

If the extension finds Gmail contacts with a website associated with the same LinkedIn profile URL, it will open new tabs for you to view and modify the Gmail contacts. If no matches are found, it will display possible matches based on the person's name in a pop-up window. You can use the view button to open them in separate tabs. To associate a LinkedIn profile URL with an existing contact, click the associate button next to a candidate. Alternatively, you can select the "create new contact" button to create a new contact.

If you're starting from a Gmail contact page, simply click on the associated LinkedIn profile page URL to navigate to the corresponding LinkedIn page.

Please note that Contact Sync is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, without any warranties or conditions of any kind. The extension collects no information other than standard information collected by the Chrome browser.

Contact Sync is a helpful tool for anyone who wants to seamlessly connect their LinkedIn and Gmail contacts. Try it today and enhance your professional networking experience.