Does URL Shorter Effect My SEO Endeavor?

Question

Hope this post will not be killed on the ground of "NOT PROGRAMMING RELATED".

It seems everyone is flocking to URL shorten service recently. For some special sites like twitter, I am really OK with it.

However, I just wandering if I use that shorten URL in other place like PR, am I losing back links juicy? or are there any other down sides that I need to bear by using the shorten URL?

Many thanks to those who are enjoying closing posts for sparing my question!

Best regards to those who are reading, considering and answering my question!

Good holidays!

Answer 1

You definitely are losing SEO value. But yes, this isn't the best place to ask this question. I don't know where to send you, but maybe webmasterworld or something. They have forums.