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. If you set up tracking this way, you won't be able to see the Google Analytics statistics in MailChimp. Go to the homepage of the URL shortening service that you used in the first step.
However, while Analytics shows exit pages it won’t tell you which links users clicked to leave your site. This will bring up: A) All linking root domains that are pointing to your PDF B) The page they are linking from C) The domain authority of their site. This website has been known to distribute spyware." TinyURL countered this problem by offering an option to view a link's destination before using a shortened URL. A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. Please see Google’s help page on Custom Campaigns for more information.
By default, these users would instead be redirected to the iTunes landing page. In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. With any premium account, just select the "public tracking" option for your link and share the tracking page with your client. There are two rules to consider: Tracker URLs always supercede parameter values. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL.
The service imports all of your short URLs and stores them and will also take over your URL shortening domain if you decide to close it, ensuring links posted throughout the Internet continue to work.Own Your Short Links on Twitter bit.ly offers URL shortening and link tracking services. Browse our list for inspiration: You'll likely get some great ideas just look at what others have done! For example, if the user clicks on “sales@wearefine.com”, that’s what Google Analytics will record. Then you should get rid of the sidebar ad and focus on the other two placements. Links could also be added to texts and that will also affect the length.
The application may also provide the API key, but it doesn't have to. When clicking the link, Sailthru tracks the click and quickly redirects the user to the applicable page on your site, example.com/item/123. Some folks might already be fully familiar with the process of URL shortening, providing a shorter and sometimes more memorable URL that is easier for someone to type out or include in an email or other short message. We're including the steps below as an alternative method of copying a video link. It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example. Users are warned with the error message below when clicking on potentially harmful URLs. If the URL of a site you manage has been flagged, please see this help page about flagged URLs for more information.Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 28 Dec 2010 More Firefox plugin is coming soon ! Affiliate Marketing with Your Link Tracker Our link tracker software works perfectly for affiliates too! 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. At that time, Google will completely disable the URL shortener and all associated data will be lost. Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening.