A real-time dashboard with traffic analytics and referrer data shows how many people shared and clicked your links. bit.ly is a free service. Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. Include retargeting pixels in my links to build a fan list.
Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private. So set-up URL forwarding (using a 301 redirect) to . The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important.
For more information on each partner, check out the Special Partners Guide. Links that users create through the URL Shortener can also open directly in your mobile applications that can handle those links. You can shorten a link right away, although you’ll need to enter a CAPTCHA code.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks. The new shortened link would be like goo.gl/htsl Clicking on the shortened link immediately takes you to the same long address.
If you have stored your links in some document, you can copy/paste from there. Effectively the data passed is the same as before, however the call is different. If, when creating a short link, you are logged out, you'll need to save the passcode, because it is the only thing that gives edit rights. Click the button next to 'All Events' and add the Tracking ID for your Google Analytics property. So for instance when you go through the process of shortening a URL, you should click on the Customize button and then add a descriptive tag or title, and Bitly will do the rest. Customizable links Custom keywords, titles, limits on clicks and availability, you name it: make your short links as you like and change their settings at any time. 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.