Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones. With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. You can then receive an install callback to your servers, or alternatively request the original referring user via delegate callbacks. 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). Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening.
As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". This appends one of the two following parameters to the tracking link: url_id random_url When the url_id parameter is added to the tracking link, the numerical ID value references the ID of an additional offer URL in the offer that the affiliate can redirect traffic to: If there is more than one offer URL added in the offer, there will also be an option to select a random URL from the list. This response will include a status code, a human readable message, and a list of error details.
Distributed Link Tracking Server The distributed link tracking server runs on each domain controller in a domain. When you schedule a link Tweet via Hootsuite, you can shorten the link to an owl.ly link. owl.ly/0a0b0c0 Google: As always, Google has something for you too.
Whenever you paste a link into Buffer to be scheduled to post at a later time, it automatically shortens the link for you. Click Macro Redirect You can specify a custom click macro by first enabling the offer tracking setting, and then passing in a URL using the following parameter: redirect For this parameter, you can include either the {redirect} or {eredirect} macro to track your clicks in another tracking system. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 6 Dec 2012 More RT : Our has been extended til Friday!
Additionally, I want to make sure that if I have to exclude my domain as part of a tracking parameter in an external URL, that I don’t accidently exclude that click from being tracked. note: If you have both GA Universal and GA Classic running on the same site, you’ll have to create 2 separate External Link Trackers. This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Is there more than one type of Google Analytics tracking on your links? If you combine MailChimp's Google Analytics tracking with custom UTM tracking, this could skew results in reports. When using Google Analytics to track your link, the most common setup is to have the Javascript tracking code for Google Analytics placed on a page where your contacts visit. Affiliate Marketing with Your Link Tracker Our link tracker software works perfectly for affiliates too! To obtain the NTFS version of a volume, open a command prompt with Administrator access rights and execute the following command: fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo X: where X is the drive letter of the volume.