Given the choice between spending time and money to find a different home, or just giving up, the latter won out.[22] Google's url-shortener discussion group has frequently included messages from frustrated users reporting that specific shortened URLs have been disabled after they were reported as spam.[23] A study in May 2012 showed that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002).[24] The most common cause cited was abuse by spammers. If you're comfortable with Web hosting and setting up simple PHP and mySQL applications, there are several free scripts you can use to set up a URL shortener on your own server, giving you much more control. If you are using the newer Universal tracking please refer to the docs. Export your data to Excel, text, PDF or XML for paid accounts.
URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. You can add parameters that help track certain campaigns or store values from an affiliate's tracking system.
Once you click the share link, in addition to the social networking services you should see the URL of the video that can be copied and pasted anywhere. Move up one directory and repeat steps 1 and 2 another three times, which can yield results if the object has moved nearby. IP Addresses and Location With any premium account, you can view the real-time location and geographic data for every visitor. Tag Name: You can name a tag anything you like: “Link Click Listener” seems like a pretty obvious place to start. 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.
Still, you can create shorter links for other uses that don’t rely on link shortening services. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 26 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 26, 2011 Thanks. For more information on how to set up Google Analytics tracking manually, take a look at Google's help pages for URL building and tagging your links. You should not see any warnings and the page should load normally.Facebook doesn’t offer an analytics feature that allows you to track clicks on links added to the Facebook wall.
Finally, URL shortening sites provide detailed information on the clicks a link receives, which can be simpler than setting up an equally powerful server-side analytics engine, and unlike the latter, does not require any access to the server. The Google Analytics account has to be set up and configured before the tracked campaign is sent. First thing you need to do is install and activate the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above. Most URL shortening services offer basic analytic data that tracks the total number of clicks, the time of the click and the country or territory location of the person who clicked the link. The service will remember your visit and display a list of the links you’ve shortened. An example Turn this URL: X0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M into this TinyURL: Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? Click the Shorten button, and voila your long URL is shortened and ready for you to use. Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. As a result, many have been removed from online registries or shut down by web hosts or internet service providers.