Are URL Shorteners good for SEO BackLink?
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Are URL Shorteners good for SEO BackLink? I have created a new page recently and want to start off-page SEO work. Can I use Url shorteners like https://bit.ly/39F2BbY or normal URL?
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As shortened links hide the final destination, spammers have obviously seen the opportunity to do their business. They are able to hide their harmful links in shortened URLs so that people will end up on undesired websites. This practice causes a problem because it gives a bad reputation to shortened links as people who have already experienced spamming will never trust one again. However, you can use a link extraction site, like WhereDoesThisLinkGo, if you want to be sure before clicking on a shortened URL!
If you are setting up a chain of 301 redirects, which can happen for very reasonable reasons, you might face a few issues in terms of indexing. Indeed, Bing and Yahoo have recently stated that redirect chains are usually quite tricky to crawl which can often lead to poor or non-existent indexing.