Learn how to enable your public profile visibility. Tag Name: External Link Tracking » GA Universal Tag Type: Google Universal Analytics Web Property ID: Your Google Universal Analytics UA id Event Type: Event Event Tracking Parameters Category: External Links Action: {{element url}} Label: {{element text}} Value: 1 Non-Interaction Hit: True Firing Rules Links - External Conditions {{event}} equals gtm.linkClick {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^/[^/] {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^[\w:]*//(www\.)?searchsignals\.com You can always rename the category and change the order of the label and action if you want to see it differently in the default Google Analytics view. For instance, if you have a link pointing to personal information and only you or a family member uses it, then there is no method for a web crawler to find it. A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links. To ensure proper tracking, use direct links to pages where Google Analytics code is embedded.
Now that we know what are the uses and advantages of the URL shortening services. Free users can choose between “go.clickmeter.com“ or “9nl.com“ as a domain name for their tracking link, while pro users can choose their own domain name. You should use the one that’s right for your use case, but below is what I typically use on this site. 9k answer views awe.sm is great for tracking how your link has been shared.
The last thing that any website owner wants is to discover that his or her website has been blacklisted and removed from search engines. Unfortunately, the 140-character limit for tweets might make it difficult to get the entire video URL into the message. You may also want to consider joining 301works, a free service from the Internet Archive that works to create a database of all shortened URL mappings.
The next page will show you a shortened link. 7. Build trust & increase click rate: people tend to click on the links that they trust rather than unknown URLs (ie. bit.ly/buSzh might be a spam link). Effectively the data passed is the same as before, however the call is different.
In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from. From Google Event Tracking Guide Event Tracking is a method available in the ga.js tracking code that you can use to record user interaction with website elements, such as a Flash-driven menu system. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Set your domain Log in to the application () using your GoDaddy login information. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. As they say, barriers can boost creativity, so people have learned to be pretty witty with 280 characters, even inventing hashtags to make the whole process easier. WP.me is the only two-letter .me domain in the world. Charts and Graphs Get free real-time graphs so you can clearly visualize your link activity and see where you're getting the most response. 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. That would help you determine whether the announcement emails are worthwhile or perhaps whether the regular emails need to be reformatted. This doesn’t change the way the PDF document is displayed or downloaded by your users.