Share Share your links in one click via the dashboard. Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey. Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener.
So if your link is as long as a giraffes neck, coupled with the rest of the tweet, you will definitely find yourself truncating the text and even break the whole thing. The website is just as basic it was when it launched, but it does the deed. Automatically route users to the location they're most likely to purchase the products you're promoting while gathering deep insights into your marketing campaigns.
In most cases, this will be the same as the URL you provided. The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats.
If you set up tracking this way, you won't be able to see the Google Analytics statistics in MailChimp. After that, it’s up to you to decide what you need. When a request is received for a shorthand link, the registry database is searched for an associated URL. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Paste the link into a text file, so you can view the entire link, and find the value that follows c= at the end of the link address. Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity.
Activate the Google URL Shortener API in the Google API Console. (If the API isn't listed in the API Console, then skip this step.) When your application needs access to user data, it asks Google for a particular scope of access. When someone pastes this shorter URL in their browser, they are initially directed to the Bitly site. Even worse, some URL shorteners will display a pop up containing ads. Interestingly, that same infographic suggests that posting shortened URLs later in the week will give them a “longer lifespan”, clicking many days after it was posted. The tool is free and can be used whenever you want. The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. To enable SSL for your link domain Identify your link domain. Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. Can generate transcribable short links in printed brochures for publicity events.