Shortened URL showing as linking page

[CJ5]

I'm using Open Site Explorer to look at backlinks and referring pages to my site. I'm seeing 3 links coming from http://j.mp/XXXXXX (not actual link) which is a bitly shortened URL. It shows as a 301 redirect, and I'm trying to figure out if there is any way to find where that link is originating from? When I try to search for the exact j.mp url in google it brings up one result which is the page the link redirects to.

Any Ideas?

Thanks a lot.

[Christy-Correll]

Hi there, has this issue been resolved?

[MonicaOConnor]

Would you mind sending me the URL?

[CJ5]

I've never used any URL shrinkers myself. It seems like I'm not going to be able to find where the link originated, which I don't totally understand, but I'll be able to live with.

The only thing I can think of is the URL exists on a page not indexed by google but that is crawled by MOZ, which doesn't seem ideal to me, but oh well.

I appreciate your time and your help.

[MonicaOConnor]

This could be any social site with the exception of the big three, FB, Twitter and Google+. Could it be LinkedIn?

I understand how I said that was a little confusing, I apologize. Do you use a URL shrinker for anything? If you do, you should be able to track down the location.

[CJ5]

Thank you for your response, I think it may be from social media but I'm not sure.

This may be dumb on my part, but when I "follow" the link it directs me to my page. I'm really curious where the link is actually located, OSE shows the linking page having a DA of 81 and a PA of 45. This doesn't seem like a random social media post but I'm really not sure.

[MonicaOConnor]

Is this by chance a link you shared on Social Media? That is what it looks like to me. Those shortened URLs show as redirects because that is kind of what they are. Follow the link and see where it takes you. My guess, it came from a social site.