Tech & VC 10 May 2007 04:09 pm
TinyURL PageRank
Here’s something new I learned today:
Someone asked me today how TinyURL works with respect to PageRank… Like, when you add a TinyURL to a Twitter post, does TinyURL get the Google PageRank love, or does the final destination site get the Google Juice?
Turns out TinyURLs returns an HTTP code of 301 (Moved Permenantly). And, according to this SEO site, it sounds like 301s are handled smoothly by PageRank. The Google love is passed through to the destination of the 301.
So TinyURL is Google safe. The geek in me thinks that’s pretty cool.
4 Responses to “TinyURL PageRank”
on 10 May 2007 at 7:11 pm 1.Alex Iskold said …
This is really cool!
Alex
on 10 May 2007 at 7:25 pm 2.Darren said …
How does tinyURL make money?
on 10 May 2007 at 7:53 pm 3.Andrew Parker said …
@Alex:
Glad you dig it.
@Darren:
tinyMonetization?
Seriously though, looks like AdSense and donations.
But your guess is as good as mine?
on 19 Sep 2007 at 7:38 pm 4.Référencement said …
Great Work !
I’ve just simulated the redirection and discovered a 301 !
So I was collecting Ideas about pagerank export on tinyurl linksand I
And I confirm that !