You may also right-click any highlighted section and choose Paste from the drop-down menu. The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. Tag Manager uses several different types of event listener tags. Set Your Own Expiration Dates Want your links to automatically expire on a specific date? This is helpful for tracking: File Downloads Video Engagement External Link Clicks Internal Link Clicks Email Link Clicks Additionally, when setting up event tracking you will be able to add categories, actions, labels to see specific link information or high-level link click information. STEP 2: Create Tags for Tracking Individual Links You can create tags to track lots of different link clicks: – Email addresses – PDF and file downloads – Social media profiles – All external links, or – Just the most *important* external links – Important calls to action (ex: “Register Now”) – Etc., etc….
If you copy and paste this script exactly as it appears here, your outbound clicks will appear in your Analytics Events reports with a Category of "outbound" and an Action of "click". (In the snippet, these are shown in bold.) You can use these values, or change them and define your own values. Additionally, if the file is moved outside the domain or within a workgroup, it is found.
We can use event tracking to record outbound links but there are a number hurdles to overcome: the event must be recorded on all browsers and not impede navigation we should not need to manually identify or attach separate handlers to every outbound link, and we must ensure the event is recorded before the outbound page starts to load. Read receipts are sent back to one's "Inbox" as email messages, but the location may be changed depending on the software used and its configuration.
In the meantime, here’s the basic breakdown of how a link click event tag works: Tag Name: Give the tag a name that makes sense to you. Other URL shortening services provide a similar destination display.[32] Security professionals suggest that users check a short URL's destination before accessing it[citation needed], following an instance where shortening service cli.gs was compromised, exposing millions of users to security uncertainties.[33] There are several web applications that can display the destination URL of a shortened URL.[citation needed] Some URL shortening services filter their links through bad-site screening services such as Google Safe Browsing. The unknown levels will be shown as ‘unknown’ in your dashboard when there is data for other sublevels.
Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey. Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. In the sidebar click on Content » Events » Top Events. Not all protocols are capable of being shortened as of 2011, although protocols such as http, https, ftp, ftps, mailto, mms, rtmp, rtmpt, ed2k, pop, imap, nntp, news, ldap, gopher, dict and dns are being addressed by such services as URL Shortener. Track how users that were invited behave post-acquisiton This can be achieved by creating one or several trackers, and then using these tracking links in your invitations. A corresponding placeholder - {label} - allows you to receive the data that you placed in this parameter on the tracker URL. Under Tracking, click the Google Analytics link tracking box.