Comments on: How bit.ly will change the world http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/how-bitly-will-change-the-world/ Social media agency Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lance http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/how-bitly-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Lance Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:14 +0000 http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/?p=182#comment-949 Not that anybody's reading this any more - but just in case anybody's browsing the archives, the latest news from Google's Matt Cutts is that 301 redirects do in fact result in PageRank loss: http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-matt-cutts-012510.shtml Not that anybody’s reading this any more – but just in case anybody’s browsing the archives, the latest news from Google’s Matt Cutts is that 301 redirects do in fact result in PageRank loss:

http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-matt-cutts-012510.shtml

]]> By: Simon http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/how-bitly-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Simon Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:48:46 +0000 http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/?p=182#comment-890 The other element for url shorteners and SEO are the kinds of redirect employed - Bit.ly and budurl both offer 301 redirects, not sure about the others but 301s are permanent redirects (the ones that search engines like best). The other element for url shorteners and SEO are the kinds of redirect employed – Bit.ly and budurl both offer 301 redirects, not sure about the others but 301s are permanent redirects (the ones that search engines like best).

]]> By: Lance http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/how-bitly-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Lance Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:13:37 +0000 http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/?p=182#comment-889 Fair enough, it seems I was mistaken about PageRank flowing through shortened URLs - I still don't think it's a good idea to use them unless necessary, since there's no way to embed keywords in the anchor text, which makes them significantly less valuable than full-fat links. Who would have thought it, indeed. Two people in the same industry, writing about the same subject and independently arriving at approximately similar conclusions? What are the odds? Fair enough, it seems I was mistaken about PageRank flowing through shortened URLs – I still don’t think it’s a good idea to use them unless necessary, since there’s no way to embed keywords in the anchor text, which makes them significantly less valuable than full-fat links.

Who would have thought it, indeed. Two people in the same industry, writing about the same subject and independently arriving at approximately similar conclusions? What are the odds?

]]> By: Robin Grant, We Are Social http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/how-bitly-will-change-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Robin Grant, We Are Social Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:49:22 +0000 http://blog.immediatefuture.co.uk/?p=182#comment-888 Hey Lance I think you're a little mistaken - bit.ly (and most of the other URL shortening services do pass on PageRank. Have a read of this if you don't believe me... http://searchengineland.com/analysis-which-url-shortening-service-should-you-use-17204 btw, Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired seems to have spontaneously come to *some* of the same conclusions as you: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/twitter-url-service-bitly-says-no-to-ads-yes-to-data-mining-news/ Who would have thought it? ;) Hey Lance

I think you’re a little mistaken – bit.ly (and most of the other URL shortening services do pass on PageRank. Have a read of this if you don’t believe me…
http://searchengineland.com/analysis-which-url-shortening-service-should-you-use-17204

btw, Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired seems to have spontaneously come to *some* of the same conclusions as you:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/twitter-url-service-bitly-says-no-to-ads-yes-to-data-mining-news/

Who would have thought it?

;)

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