We're including the steps below as an alternative method of copying a video link. In this case, each character in the sequence will be 0, 1, 2, ..., 9, a, b, c, ..., y, z.
These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 Jun 2011 More Revision 362: * Updated toolbarbutton styles Thanks. If you need short links for different websites, you can manage many domains in your account. Change http to https and then load the resulting URL. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page.
Copying an address on a mobile device Open your preferred mobile Internet browser. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links.
With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. Use Custom Short URLs in blog posts to amplify my messages and promote my personal brand at the same time.
If you set Use Google Analytics? to “Yes”, then all links will add special utm parameters that will allow you to identify traffic coming from emails in Google Analytics. The Google Analytics campaign title combines the MailChimp campaign title with the date and the Campaign ID. This can be done online, at the web pages of a URL shortening service; to do it in batch or on demand may require the use of an API. Clicking on it will show you a list of outgoing URL(s) users clicked on your website. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse. Maybe you find an interesting photo or song, or you want to refer people to another article someone else wrote. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. But, if you need to shorten some links off of Twitter, or for other reasons, these are all great options.Viral videos are a great way to market your business, and YouTube is the most widely used video-sharing service on the Web. This is because an unknown percentage of your recipients read emails with a program that doesn't execute JavaScript or store cookies.