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Can we get do follow links from facebook & twitter?

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There’s been a lot of contradictory advice in this thread (see posts by , , and ). The short, practical answer is: don’t count on ordinary Facebook or Twitter/X posts to deliver editorial, PageRank‑passing “dofollow” backlinks you can reliably use for SEO. The web and search engines have shifted — Google now treats link rel values (nofollow, ugc, sponsored) as signals or “hints” rather than absolute directives — so the old yes/no way of thinking about social links is out of date. (developers.google.com)

Platform behavior has also changed over time, which explains the confusion here. Twitter briefly stopped adding the old nofollow markers in mid‑2022 and then reverted the change, so tweet HTML has not been a stable source of follow links; Facebook/public pages have likewise long treated shared outbound links as non‑editorial in practice. That history is why ’s suggestion to inspect the page source was the right move — the only reliable way to know what a given share actually outputs today is to check it. (searchengineland.com)

What to do now (quick checklist): inspect a specific share or profile link with your browser DevTools and look at the anchor’s rel values (nofollow / ugc / sponsored / noopener / noreferrer) and whether the platform wraps the URL with a redirect (t.co, external.*); remember noreferrer can hide referral data in analytics. Use social for distribution, discovery and traffic — it helps content earn real editorial links — but build real link equity with outreach, guest posts and placements on sites that publish editorial (non‑noffolowed) links. For how rel values work in HTML, and what to look for in the inspector, see the spec and practical guides. (developer.mozilla.org)

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Member Avatar for Mairagomez

Yes, Facebook and Twitter gives the Dofollow links.

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Member Avatar for southcoastlimo

Yes, we can create dofollow links from facebook and twitter.

Member Avatar for vikram.chauhan.775823

I dont know but all are saying yes then may be social media provies do follow links.

Member Avatar for narenfomax

No. I don't think Facebook and twitter give do follow links.

Member Avatar for anshuera

yes!! social networking site are also play an important role in online marketing through incresaing your facebook and twitter like or share you can promote your product or services and it will definately increase your page rank on google.

Member Avatar for mayaestat

yes facebook twitter gives do follow links.

Member Avatar for dotspiders

How we will get those links from Social Networking sites.

Member Avatar for LaxLoafer

Check the HTML source and you'll discover Facebook and Twitter links are marked as rel='nofollow'. They are not 'do follow links'.

The same is true for DaniWeb.

In fact most sites that allow guest posting mark links as 'nofollow' to deter spammers. Links marked as 'nofollow' will not pass page rank.

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You can get the no follow links when you share or tweet the any links on your profile.

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