ot: Best URL Shortening Service?

[Myles Braithwaite]

David J Patrick wrote:
> yes, it has been said that url shortening will seriously foul up the 
> future indexing of the interweb. To combat this, use shortnames in 
> your sites, and look for them in other sites, when you link.

If the short url server uses the HTTP status code "301 Moved 
Permanently" this isn't an issue.

See http://bit.ly/LTeDy

Also I suggest bit.ly because it allows anchors and uses the proper 
status code for the redirects.

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