At Track Number Of Times This Link Is Clicked? mark the check box to enable link tracking. - OR - unmark the check box to disable it. If you haven’t yet, upgrade from classic to Universal Google Analytics.
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. If you click the shortened link on bit.ly, you get access to detailed traffic information related to number of clicks, referring Web sites, and geographic locations of the users who clicked. On 14 August 2009 WordPress announced the wp.me URL shortener for use when referring to any WordPress.com blog post.[11] In November 2009, shortened links on bit.ly were accessed 2. You can always view clicks over a period of 24 hours, a month, and a custom date range. Clicks: The total number of times this link has been clicked.
Tag each link in an email with a different ad content so that you can see which links get clicked on the most, and how traffic from each link compares once the visitors are on the site. Click the list's drop-down menu and choose Settings. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL. Some link shorteners end up on domain block lists because of heavy spammer use. Real time link editing means a quick edit is all it takes to instantly shift customers to a new landing page. Understand which one of my marketing channels or Ads are most effective and optimize digital Ad spend.
Answer that, and your online profits will explode. It’s a free platform for scheduling and managing Tweets, like Tweetdeck. This can result in URLs that are hundreds of characters long and that contain complex character patterns. Bitly also allows you to customize the actual shortened link (if your customization is still available). The real benefit of using this link shortener comes with using it in conjunction with HootSuite itself for all your social media marketing.
You can also use it to determine how to format your emails and what types of information to include. Some went to the extent of buying spam links which were being openly sold on the internet. Abbreviate or shorten: Use common abbreviations to make things shorter or just chop off some letters of your name. To pass a custom transaction ID in your tracking link, append the following parameter: ad_id You or your publisher needs to insert an externally generated transaction ID value in this parameter before the click registers in HasOffers. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. With ClickMeter you get the same powerful link tracking and link cloaking tool most professional marketers use, but at a fraction of the cost. I would prefer bitly over google any given day, because of its smarter and powerful analytical tools. Just make a link to or use the following code to make a URL input box: Terms of use TinyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier, and may only be used for actual URLs. Enabling this setting records and displays the following additional link information: URL: Displays the URL that will be tracked. You can add parameters that help track certain campaigns or store values from an affiliate's tracking system. Real time link editing means a quick edit is all it takes to instantly shift customers to a new landing page. And a status code is one piece of information exchanged through a header. If you need short links for different websites, you can manage many domains in your account. It allows for custom domains so you can brand your shortened link.