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OBL Links from a post

by adystanley
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Hello. Let`s say i have two download links in a post (two obl links).
One is for a website which is banned and one for a mirror (it doesnt care).
Both of links are masked with bit.ly
Google will know about the banned obl link although it is masked with bit.ly?
And if Google knows about it, it can affect SEO? How much?
#links #obl #post
  • Profile picture of the author adystanley
    any response to this?
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      You can't mask a url with bit.ly. It's a forwarder/shortener, not
      a masker.

      Why do you need 2 links?

      You could link to another page with the real link.

      It's hard to say. It would really depend on why the site was
      banned. There are many reasons.

      Linking to a site that is banned due to breaking of US law, that
      may be a reason to somewhat penalize your site.

      But google is not the internet police unless forced to.

      The bottom line is this. Why are you even linking to it?

      I'd say nobody can really answer the question with a
      definitive yes or no. The answer is maybe. The majority
      of people would probably say don't take the chance.

      It's risky. But if you need the link, you can't worry about google.

      Like I said, it could depend on a lot of things. Anyone SEO person
      who says it definitely will, is a tad off. How many links in sigs here
      at the WF do you think go to banned sites? Tons. Does that affect
      the WF SEO?

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  • Profile picture of the author adystanley
    Yes but i mask with bit.ly because hope Google Crawl will not see that banned link.
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  • Profile picture of the author patco
    There is no reason to try this... Bit.ly will NOT do the trick to MASK the link... It just redirects it. If it's banned why do you need it? Why don't you remove it?
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    • Profile picture of the author adystanley
      Originally Posted by patco View Post

      There is no reason to try this... Bit.ly will NOT do the trick to MASK the link... It just redirects it. If it's banned why do you need it? Why don't you remove it?
      Its a download link which gave me money.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        bit.ly does not mask a link. Why do you think it does?

        What you could do, is use a script to create a clickable
        link, completely invisible to search engine.

        Like I said, if you need it, want it, forget google.

        Paul
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