Do social networking sites give SEO backlinks?

They give nofollow links, so no direct link equity. The genuine benefits are brand presence, control of branded search results and consistent entity signals across the web.

How many social networking sites should a business join?

Claim your handle on as many as you reasonably can, but only actively post on the two or three where your customers actually spend time. Spreading real effort thinly produces nothing.

Which social networking sites matter most in India?

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and WhatsApp Business cover the overwhelming majority of Indian users. X, Pinterest and Telegram matter for specific niches.

Is it worth joining smaller social networks?

For name control and profile diversity, yes, and it is a one time cost. For audience building, usually not, unless the network is specific to your industry.

Are these social networking sites free to join?

Yes. Every platform here offers a free account. Some sell advertising or premium business features on top, but the profile itself costs nothing.

Should I claim my brand name on every social network?

On the significant ones, yes. It is a one-time cost and it stops someone else taking your name. Actively posting is a different decision and should be limited to two or three.

Do social media profiles rank in Google?

Yes, for your brand name. A complete LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram profile commonly appears on page one for a business name search, which is space you would otherwise cede to someone else.

What should go in a social profile bio?

What you do, where you do it, and a link to the right page. For a local business, naming the city matters, since people search that way and platforms index the text.

Are social signals a Google ranking factor?

Not directly. Google has said likes and shares are not ranking signals. The indirect route is real: content that circulates gets seen by people who may link to it.

How often should a small business post on social media?

Consistently rather than frequently. Two good posts a week on one platform beats daily posts across five that you cannot sustain. An abandoned profile reads worse than a quiet one.

Free Social Networking Sites List 2027

Social networking sites are platforms built around people and their connections rather than around saved links. For SEO the value is not the link, which is nofollow essentially everywhere, but the brand footprint and the searchable presence.

87 sites listed13 of 100 dead, removed (13%)2026-08-19 last checked

Short answer

Social profiles will not raise your rankings, but they do control what people find when they search your name.

Every social link is nofollow, so there is no direct ranking benefit. What you get instead is name control, so nobody else takes your handle, and ownership of your branded search results, because complete profiles rank for your own business name. Claim your name widely, then actively post on only the two or three platforms your customers use.

This list has 87 platforms confirmed active on 2026-08-19. It includes the majors everyone knows and the smaller networks that are still worth claiming your name on.

What these are worth to a business

Three things. First, name control: claiming your brand handle everywhere stops someone else taking it. Second, branded search: your profiles rank for your own business name and occupy results you would otherwise cede. Third, entity confirmation, the same consistency argument that makes profile creation worth doing at all.

What they are not is a ranking tactic. Social links have been nofollow for well over a decade. Anyone selling social submissions as a way to rank a commercial keyword is describing something that stopped working before most of these platforms existed.

Which platforms deserve your time

Pick the two or three where your customers actually are, and run those properly rather than running fifteen badly.
Claim your handle on the rest and leave a complete profile behind, even if you never post again. That is name control, and it costs one afternoon.
For a local service business in India, a Google Business Profile plus Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn covers almost all of the realistic upside.
Fill every field on each profile: description, category, address, hours, website. Half completed profiles are the ones that get pruned.
Link your profiles to each other. It makes the cluster read as one entity rather than as unconnected accounts.

Free Social Networking Sites List 2027

87 verified sites

100 URLs checked on 2026-08-19. 13 were dead or parked and were removed.

Verified sites with authority score, global popularity rank and spam risk band
#	Website	DA	PA	Spam Score	Authority	Spam risk
1	Redditreddit.com	92	89	3%	70	Low
2	Discorddiscord.com	94	79	3%	67	Low
3	Tumblrtumblr.com	77	99	1%	67	Low
4	Flickrflickr.com	92	92	17%	66	Low
5	Mediummedium.com	95	85	1%	66	Low
6	SoundCloudsoundcloud.com	93	87	11%	66	Low
7	Twitchtwitch.tv	94	77	11%	65	Low
8	Telegramtelegram.org	93	79	4%	64	Low
9	Aolaol.com	93	76	6%	60	Low
10	Goodreadsgoodreads.com	93	77	5%	60	Low
11	DeviantArtdeviantart.com	72	67	6%	59	Low
12	Imgurimgur.com	92	84	11%	58	Low
13	Viberviber.com	87	64	1%	58	Low
14	Boxbox.com	92	71	1%	57	Low
15	LiveJournallivejournal.com	—	—	—	57	Low
16	Giphygiphy.com	—	—	—	55	Low
17	Trellotrello.com	—	—	—	53	Low
18	Badoobadoo.com	—	—	—	51	Low
19	Typepadtypepad.com	—	—	—	51	Low
20	Crunchyrollcrunchyroll.com	—	—	—	50	Low
21	Evernoteevernote.com	—	—	—	50	Low
22	Diggdigg.com	—	—	—	49	Low
23	Doubandouban.com	—	—	—	49	Low
24	Nextdoornextdoor.com	—	—	—	49	Low
25	Pocketgetpocket.com	—	—	—	49	Low
26	Slashdotslashdot.org	—	—	—	49	Low
27	Flipboardflipboard.com	—	—	—	47	Low
28	Reverbnationreverbnation.com	—	—	—	45	Low
29	Bandband.us	—	—	—	44	Low
30	Diigodiigo.com	—	—	—	44	Low
31	Etoroetoro.com	—	—	—	44	Low
32	Ravelryravelry.com	—	—	—	44	Low
33	Miximixi.jp	—	—	—	43	Low
34	Instapaperinstapaper.com	—	—	—	42	Low
35	Bebeebebee.com	—	—	—	41	Low
36	Gaiaonlinegaiaonline.com	—	—	—	41	Low
37	Couchsurfingcouchsurfing.com	—	—	—	39	Low
38	Plurkplurk.com	—	—	—	39	Low
39	Stocktwitsstocktwits.com	—	—	—	39	Low
40	Gabgab.com	—	—	—	38	Low
41	Mocospacemocospace.com	—	—	—	37	Low
42	Symbaloosymbaloo.com	—	—	—	37	Low
43	Wykopwykop.pl	—	—	—	37	Low
44	Caringbridgecaringbridge.org	—	—	—	36	Low
45	Italkiitalki.com	—	—	—	36	Low
46	Care2care2.com	—	—	—	35	Low
47	Classmatesclassmates.com	—	—	—	35	Low
48	Farkfark.com	—	—	—	35	Low
49	Taggedtagged.com	—	—	—	35	Low
50	Anobiianobii.com	—	—	—	34	Low
51	Xangaxanga.com	—	—	—	34	Low
52	Yummlyyummly.com	—	—	—	34	Low
53	8tracks8tracks.com	—	—	—	33	Low
54	Meneamemeneame.net	—	—	—	33	Low
55	Periscopeperiscope.tv	—	—	—	33	Low
56	Parlerparler.com	—	—	—	32	Low
57	Protopageprotopage.com	—	—	—	32	Low
58	Teamblindteamblind.com	—	—	—	32	Low
59	Bibsonomybibsonomy.org	—	—	—	31	Low
60	Diarydiary.ru	—	—	—	31	Low
61	Draugiemdraugiem.lv	—	—	—	31	Low
62	Fintelfintel.io	—	—	—	30	Low
63	The Dotsthe-dots.com	—	—	—	30	Low
64	Athlinksathlinks.com	—	—	—	25	Low
65	Netvouznetvouz.com	—	—	—	25	Medium
66	Papalypapaly.com	—	—	—	25	Medium
67	Appapp.net	—	—	—	24	Medium
68	Diasporafoundationdiasporafoundation.org	—	—	—	23	Medium
69	Joindiasporajoindiaspora.com	—	—	—	23	Medium
70	Fivefiltersfivefilters.org	—	—	—	22	Medium
71	Peanut Apppeanut-app.io	—	—	—	22	Medium
72	Verovero.co	—	—	—	22	Medium
73	Refindrefind.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
74	Swarmappswarmapp.com	—	—	—	17	Medium
75	Yuboyubo.live	—	—	—	17	Medium
76	Withknownwithknown.com	—	—	—	15	Medium
77	Twiddlatwiddla.com	—	—	—	14	Medium
78	Amikumuamikumu.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
79	Bookmarksbookmarks.fr	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
80	Bubblybubbly.net	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
81	Elphaelpha.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
82	Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
83	Hatena Bookmarkb.hatena.ne.jp	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
84	Journaldunetviadeo.journaldunet.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
85	Linkedinin.linkedin.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
86	Pinboardpinboard.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium
87	Rediffmypage.rediff.com	—	—	—	Not ranked	Medium

How to read this table. DA, PA and Spam Score are real Moz figures from our own bulk checks. A dash means we have not run that domain yet, not that it scored zero, and we would rather show the gap than guess. Lower Spam Score is better. Authority is our own 0 to 100 score derived from global popularity rank, and spam risk is Low for sites with a measurable audience and valid TLS. Every site here was also confirmed to load on 2026-08-19, which is the check DA cannot make: Moz still reports a healthy DA for services that shut down years ago.

Claim your name on all of them, then actively use two. A profile with no posts is still doing the name control job. A profile you update badly is worse than one you never touch.

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