Discovering related organizations through different types of online connections

A method comprising:

• storing connection data that identifies, for each user of a first plurality of users, one or more other users with which said each user has a connection;
• storing employment data that identifies, for each organization of a plurality of organizations, a second plurality of users that said each organization employs;
• based on the connection data and the employment data, for each pair of organizations in the plurality of organizations:
• identifying a number of connections between employees of a first organization in said each pair and employees of a second organization in said each pair;
• based on the number of connections, determining whether to identify the first organization and the second organization as related;
• wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

One or more storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• storing connection data that identifies, for each user of a first plurality of users, one or more other users with which said each user has a connection;
• storing job change data that identifies, for each user of a second plurality of users, multiple organizations for which said each user has worked or had sought an employment relationship;
• based on the connection data, identifying a number of connections between employees of a first organization and employees of a second organization;
• based on the job change data, identifying a number of users that listed, in their respective online profiles, the first organization as an employer and either listed the second organization as an employer or applied for employment at the second organization;
• based on the number of connections and the number of users, determining whether to identify the first organization and the second organization as related.