Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the things people ask most about how SurfedIn works.
How do I sign up?
You sign up with Sign in with LinkedIn. We never see your password — LinkedIn authenticates you and shares only the limited public fields you authorise (name, headline, photo, country).
From there you land in onboarding where you fill in your self-labels, role, languages, skills, and add projects or paid content. Your profile becomes a public, indexable page at /profile/your-slug.
You can revoke our access any time from your LinkedIn permitted services settings.
Want to leave entirely? You can delete your profile any time from your dashboard settings.
What does the preview card show?
The preview card is the compact version of your profile shown on the home page, Explore, and search results. It's designed to be visually consistent across every profile.
- Photo, name, and short headline
- Row 1–2: up to 3 self-labels + your role chip (role always sits last)
- Row 3: country, plus a Worldwide tag if you work remotely
- Row 4: languages
- Skills below, fitted to a fixed two-line height
Same shape for everyone, so the eye scans cards instead of decoding layouts.
How do I show my project?
From your dashboard, add a project with a title, summary, cover image, and the role you played. Each project gets its own public page that links back to your profile.
Projects appear as cards on your profile and are indexable on their own — so a search for your work can land directly on the project, not just your profile.
Can people contact me directly or book a consultancy via LinkedIn?
Yes. Every profile has a Contact on LinkedIn button that takes the visitor straight to your LinkedIn profile. We don't host messaging or DMs — the conversation happens where you already are.
LinkedIn is rolling out a native Book a consultation / paid consultancy feature on profiles. When it goes live for your account, the same LinkedIn button on SurfedIn will let visitors book you directly. No extra setup on our side — we're already wired for it.
Both buttons open LinkedIn directly. SurfedIn never sits between you and the visitor.
How do people find me?
Three ways: through Google and other search engines (every profile, project, and resource page is public and indexable), through AI assistants that crawl the public web, and through SurfedIn's own Explore and search.
We don't run an algorithm that decides who gets seen. Order is based on what you've filled in and how relevant your tags are to a query — not on engagement or posting activity.
What makes SurfedIn different?
No feed, no inbox, no algorithm picking winners. SurfedIn is a directory — it lists, it doesn't intermediate. Your profile is a public page, not a post you have to keep re-publishing.
Read the Manifesto for the why behind it.
How do I delete my profile and revoke LinkedIn access?
You're in control of both sides — your profile on SurfedIn and the LinkedIn permission that lets us sign you in.
- Delete your profile. Go to your dashboard, open settings, and choose Delete profile. This removes your public page, projects, and associated content from SurfedIn.
- Revoke LinkedIn access. Open your LinkedIn permitted services settings and remove SurfedIn from the list. We will no longer be able to authenticate you.
Locked out because you revoked LinkedIn access first? Just sign in with LinkedIn again (re-authorise the app) and delete your profile from the dashboard. You own your LinkedIn account — managing access there is your responsibility.