Does using link shorterner such as bit.ly still gets you penalized?

ComputerEngineer

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• May 27, 2019

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I haven't been in automated link building for years now and i want to return a little

So does using link shortener still gets you banned/penalized in google search?

Such as bit.ly

Also do you suggest spamming your website's official twitter and facebook addresses? Do they also get penalized?

 

fb3003

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did it ever?! i am using url shortners as a mix for my money site and also some of my tier 1s. Have not had any issues with getting top ranking. @Ozzyzig even had a case study showing benefits of using url shortners. you just need to use them correctly across your tiers.

 

Ozzyzig

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I've never had the experience of these shorteners resulting in a domain getting slapped, however, I used them for parasites and part of my tiered links.

 

Zwielicht

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vldsam95

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no it is not hurt

 

Illicitus

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I never heard about issues using URL shorteners. Anyway, I prefer to use a custom URL shortener instead of bit.ly or any other external service.

"yourls" is an handy choice. It's easy to install and it allows full control regarding your short URLs.