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What is the effect of shortening the URL in use for SEO?

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A URL shortener is a tool, typically web-based, that's used to shorten a link through the use of a redirect. It takes your original link and replaces it with a shorter link. You can then publish the shortened link on social media, blogs, and other web properties. When a user clicks it, he or she will be redirected to your original link.

According to several ranking specialists, it seems that using URL shorteners doesn't lead to any negative impact on your SEO. As a matter of fact, shortened URLs are considered by search engines as any regular 301 redirects and they will thus act upon it.

However, they can also have an impact on search engine optimization (SEO). When a shortened URL is shared and clicked on, it redirects the user to the original, longer URL. This redirection can potentially affect the way search engine algorithms view and rank the original page.

Shortened URLs can be advantageous as well as disadvantageous.
Advantages:
1. Shortened URLs are easy to remember.
2. Search engines can easily determine what the page is about.
3. Shorter URLs are easy to type for users and improve user experience.
Disadvantages:
1. 301 redirects in shortened URLs can harm SEO, posing problems for link building.
2. Shortened URLs may lack the visual appeal of longer, more descriptive ones.
3. Spammers may sometimes use short URLs to hide their web links.
4. Redirect chains created by short URLs can cause indexing problems for search engines.

The effects of shortened links on SEO are generally neutral. In other words, using a URL shortener will not have a negative impact on your website's search rankings. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when using shortened links: Shortened links can be abused by spammers and hackers.