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Can using bitly shortned links on your website harm the onpage SEO value?

by IM Lover
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Hi Warriors

If one was to use the likes of bitly shortened links, on a website post/page can it affect the onpage SEO in anyway at all?

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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    It doesn't matter.

    There are so many people who (understandably) won't click on "bit.ly" links anyway that SEO concerns are the least of the problems involved in using "bit.ly".

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    • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      It doesn't matter.

      There are so many people who (understandably) won't click on "bit.ly" links anyway that SEO concerns are the least of the problems involved in using "bit.ly".

      The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe | :Ben Metcalfe Blog
      Thanks, the links would be in buttons however, the visitors would not actually be clicking on a link called "bitly" - so my question still stands based on the SEO risks involved that is all?
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
    Can anyone let me know please?
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
    Anyone at all?
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
    So many members, no responses in 2 days lol?
    Someone must know this.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
    Anyone at all?
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  • Profile picture of the author neutralhatter
    not an seo concern, but instead of using bitly, I use a "redirect plugin" combined with a "Hide post from navigation" for Worpress. That way users won't bypass your affiliate and the url won't be an ugly bitly url.

    Hope this helps
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
      Originally Posted by neutralhatter View Post

      not an seo concern, but instead of using bitly, I use a "redirect plugin" combined with a "Hide post from navigation" for Worpress. That way users won't bypass your affiliate and the url won't be an ugly bitly url.

      Hope this helps
      Hey thanks for taking the time to respond, I only have the shortened URL's inside download buttons so the visitor never sees the ugly links anyway. So based on that, I guess I'm good to go and don't need to worry about anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    It is useful when you don't want to show amazon affiliate long url to Google and other search engines..
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    • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
      Originally Posted by Hansons View Post

      It is useful when you don't want to show amazon affiliate long url to Google and other search engines..
      Yep, my only concern was that Google may not like such links, thus they may penalize websites for it, however based on the responses it would seem that is not the case at all.
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      • Profile picture of the author UnkwnUsr
        Originally Posted by Fast List Pro View Post

        Yep, my only concern was that Google may not like such links, thus they may penalize websites for it, however based on the responses it would seem that is not the case at all.
        Try Google's goo.gl shortener, it would be pretty ironic if Google punished you for using another Google product (but not impossible). Or you can create PHP redirect files on your server. Just create a new folder from your main directory and put all the redirects inside.

        This video shows how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CbfiUCAbU
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        • Profile picture of the author IM Lover
          Originally Posted by UnkwnUsr View Post

          Try Google's goo.gl shortener, it would be pretty ironic if Google punished you for using another Google product (but not impossible). Or you can create PHP redirect files on your server. Just create a new folder from your main directory and put all the redirects inside.

          This video shows how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CbfiUCAbU
          Thanks a lot.
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          • Profile picture of the author UnkwnUsr
            Originally Posted by Fast List Pro View Post

            Thanks a lot.
            Anytime, I had this same problem when I first started. Unless you're promoting tons of products PHP redirects is the way to go. It looks a lot more professional than shortened links do.
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