If you aren't logged into your HasOffers account, HasOffers will treat the click as legitimate traffic. There are a lot of other link shorteners, many being novelty systems (like a link shortener that doesn’t really shorten but turns your URL into a Dickens quote, or one that makes your link look shady and nefarious, or one that churns out a hipster-phrased link) or ways to earn money for yourself or for charities through ads that appear before the user gets to the destination URL. Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it. Tag Manager uses several different types of event listener tags. This data is useful in aggregate to determine the response to your emails, including attributing purchases to sends, and also at the individual level to determine a user’s engagement and interaction with Lifecycle Optimizer rules and Audience Builder filters.
Using them ensures all parameters on the tracking link are transferred and parsed correctly for all platforms, browsers and scenarios. It's possible to shorten regular custom links or OneLink URLs: Shorten Regular Custom Link You can use as many parameters as you'd like on a tracking link and use Shorten Link to convert the link to a short one. Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. It gives us profound insights about the media battle through social sites.
My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. With the Adjust fallback_click, you now get the best of both worlds.
Add X-Robots-Tag to my short links for granular control over how Google makes content available through search results. It’s also popular so a lot of people recognize that a Bitly link is a shortened link and don’t automatically think it’s spam.
Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. When you are using HootSuite, you can shorten any URL to an ow.ly or ht.ly link. Still, you can create shorter links for other uses that don’t rely on link shortening services. According to Tonic Corporation, the registry for .to domains, it is "very serious about keeping domains spam free" and may remove URL shortening services from their registry if the service is abused.[21] In addition, "u.nu" made the following announcement upon closing operations: The last straw came on September 3, 2010, when the server was disconnected without notice by our hosting provider in response to reports of a number of links to child pornography sites. This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript. On the desktop and mobile you can click the share icon that should resemble the share icon shown in the picture below. This website has been known to distribute spyware." TinyURL countered this problem by offering an option to view a link's destination before using a shortened URL. It is reserved for campaigns using paid keywords. Sign In to Google Tag Manager Create a Account Name the Container for your site Accept the Terms & Conditions Copy & Paste the GTM code block at the start of the
tag on your site Setup the Link Tracker Add a tag to capture all the link clicks Create a macro to save the anchor text Add a tag to fire off the Google Analytics Event Add a rule to capture only the clicks on external links Save a version and publish 1. This will allow you to plan your content strategy accordingly.