Understanding how web-url forwarding effects Search engine crawler SEO?

you need to make sure you're doing the right kind of redirect. A 301 redirect will transfer most -- but not all -- of a website's ranking power from one domain to another. So technically, yes, you are "dampening" the effect a bit. And while Google tends to handle 301 redirects well, some search engines don't.Regardless, I would not recommend that anyone run a website on a blogspot domain if they plan to make long-term money with it. You're way better off hosting your site on your own domain.Otherwise, you're always subject to the whims of blogspot. If they decide to shut you down, there's really not much you can do about it.If you're not ready to make that leap, it is definitely a good idea to promote your own domain name and redirect the traffic to the blogspot domain. You want to accumulate as much authority and traffic as possible on a domain *you* own.Good luck!Adrienne Dosshttp://www.seowoman.com/