You should use the one that’s right for your use case, but below is what I typically use on this site. 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.
The Summary tab shows all clicks on different ow.ly and ht.ly links shared over the course of seven days. Often the redirect domain name is shorter than the original one. It might be worth checking your computer for viruses with an antivirus utility such as CureIt from «Dr. Link Tracking when Forcing HTTPS with HSTS If your company is considering implementing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) for your site to ensure visitors may only connect using the more-secure HTTPS, there can be implications for your users’ experience with Sailthru-tracked links if you enable HSTS for all subdomains via the optional includeSubDomains directive. Our link service measures information such as how many times a link has been clicked, which is an important quality signal in determining how relevant and interesting each Tweet is when compared to similar Tweets. From Australia to Zimbabwe, and everywhere in between, companies count on Campaign Monitor for email campaigns that boost the bottom line.Google Analytics provides an overwhelming quantity of information.
The tool is free and can be used whenever you want. To quote John Wanamaker, the father of modern advertising: So which half of your advertising is a waste of money? Therefore, anyone who has the shortened link can access to all the information regarding that link by adding + at the end of the google link. An index of all object IDs is stored on the volume.
Before the plain-text version of your campaign is sent, links will look something like this example. It’s one of the earliest link shorteners out there and allows you to customize the actual shortened link (again, if the customization is not yet taken). As you'll need to be using Google Tag Manager for this, it's as simple as using the Universal Analytics tag template. Professional account holders can set an alert threshold and receive a single email notification when their link reaches a certain number of clicks. I once went bonkers when I couldn’t get a link click tag to work… and it all came down to a lowercase typo.
In other words, if you can discover which half of your advertising isn’t working, you can focus only on the half that is working, you can literally double your profits. For example: This will redirect users to mylandingpage.com if and only if their device isn’t supported by the app store to which the tracker points. 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). This service is provided without warranty of any kind.Statistics To view detailed click statistics for any short URL, just add the plus sign + after it, like this: Short link editing You can edit your links in their statistics page. Services that don’t do this can end up being blacklisted on major websites which won’t allow links from such services to be displayed. Another operational limitation of URL shortening services is that browsers do not resend POST bodies when a redirect is encountered. When you design your tracker structure along the recommendations in this guide, it’s very unlikely that you will hit this limit. If you already have Google Analytics code inserted in to your WordPress blog, remove that code. Without tracking those metrics, how do you know which method is working the best? If you're willing to pay, consider Pretty Link Pro or these low cost solutions on Code Canyon. 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. You'll typically find the unsubscribe link in the footer.