You should see the activity in the Analytics Real-Time > Events panel. Yourls is a way to homebrew your own shortened links so that you don’t have to rely on that middleman. This will create an instant redirect from your domain name to affiliate URL. ( --> ) The customer will never see the destination URL in their browser address bar ahead of time. In your Bitly account settings, you can, among other things, create a custom short domain name for your Bitly links. To understand your user’s journey, we’ve mapped engagement flow in the following table: Engagement Flow Please note that for iOS versions below 10. This can result in URLs that are hundreds of characters long and that contain complex character patterns.
If you already have Google Analytics code inserted in to your WordPress blog, remove that code. The Reddit community strongly discourages – and in some subreddits, outright bans – URL shortening services for link submissions, because they disguise the origin domain name and whether the link has previously been submitted to Reddit, and there are few or no legitimate reasons to use link shorteners for Reddit link submissions.[29] [edit] Sites such as Adf.ly use a number of advertising techniques, including interstitial advertising, to generate revenue. In this example we have used Twitter. utm_medium parameter is used to describe what kind of medium we have used, in this example we have used a Tweet. utm_campaign parameter to define a campaign name, slogan, promo code, etc. utm_term parameter is used to identify paid search keywords. utm_content You could be using a variety of content types in a campaign, this element allows you to differentiate among them. OLE linking includes the same heuristic link tracking. Your web hosting service provider will have a firewall to protect sites from virus and malware. When the link targets match the filter, the link is tracked.
Here's an example of an affiliate tracking link that includes both of these types of parameters: For the above tracking link, the affiliate would provide the appropriate macros from their tracking system to replace the "CLICKID" and "UNIQUEVALUE" placeholder values. If you need short links for different websites, you can manage many domains in your account. 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.
You can easily manage links and view click statistics. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above. After integrating, any short link which redirects to a web link that you have provided to Google through App Indexing will open automatically in your native app for your users.
If you find someone who says he or she loves social media but doesn’t have a twitter account, then that person just likes social media. Instructions Identify and encode your fallback landing page URL Example: https%3A%2F%2Fmyveryowncustomlandingpage.com Select your Adjust Tracker URL Example: Append your custom fallback with the fallback_lp parameter Example: Implement your Adjust Tracker URL within your chosen ad environment to seamlessly redirect your users How to add the pop-up window to your fallback landing page By default, your fallback landing page will not display the aforementioned pop-up window (prompting a redirect to the App Store). To enable it, you can upload your own SSL certificate for the link domain using the same workflow that Sailthru provides for enabling Apple’s iOS Universal Links. Bitly may be the authoritative champ of URL shorteners in the Twitterverse (before t.co / Twitter was propelled a year ago), however Redirecting has analytics covered. It gives you yet another level of analytics that you can use to base your decisions on. All you have to do is enter your destination URL, and give your tracking link a name. 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. But to be frank, who likes long stressful stuff these days?