forum Vs Social network sites

[aciam]

it's true that both can contribute some site traffic but i think that forum sigs are better than the other.

[aira]

so it's good to participate on a busy and quality forum and promote your site thru sig links

[DionDev]

Originally Posted by SarahFreder

off course both are good for generating traffic for website. i have a doubt that forum signature link is considered as back link for a website but does social network link is considered as Backlink for website by search engine bots.

also which generated more traffic for a website?

of course forum sig is

[henery008]

According to me forum can give back traffic as well as backlinks where as social networking sites gives traffic but no backlinks, So as far as generating traffic is concerned both forum and social networking site can be helpful