In this case you can use Google’s Disavow Link tool in Google Webmaster Tools to let Google know that you don’t approve of that link. If you’re promoting your own website, then you can use the standard conversion tracking codes to record sales and leads throughout your sales funnel.Trackers are the foundation of campaign tracking and nothing can be done without them. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links.
Note: If the address bar is not visible, try scrolling up using your finger. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. Many extensions are available from companies you already use for domain registration — such as Hover. Get all the handy power of a link in a much smaller package, right?
We strongly recommend you thoroughly test your campaigns that use Google Analytics tracking to ensure your links function properly. With a custom domain for your link shortener, people will see that you are not spamming and they will be more likely to click on your custom domain shortened link than a generic shortened link. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. But as Dave Winer articulated, there’s no reason we shouldn’t have a shortener ourselves, and here we are. 🙂 People are already using it. A circumvention could be that a website provided its own shortlinks instead of relying on a third-party shortening service – but this is not common. More meaningful: readers at least know the link goes to your site.
Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website.
You will need to make sure you have the standard google tracking script on your page too. Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. 1 billion times.[1] Other uses of URL shortening are to "beautify" a link, track clicks, or disguise the underlying address. The above code is for use with the current "asynchronous" Google Analytics tracking code; if you use an older version of the code, see Google Analytics Help for the appropriate header code.Okay, looks like I tracked it down (it just wasn't documented anywhere). If you add the Tracking ID to “This Event,” it’ll only be added to that individual event and won’t be copied to a new event if the event is copied. If you add the Tracking ID to “All Events”, it’ll apply to every event in the Eventbrite account, and when the event is copied, the Tracking ID will also be copied. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. You can also find out how many clicks your particular bit.ly link got compared to the total clicks on the long link. Undo Undo Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 18 Mar 2010 More was updated yesterday. In order for this to be enabled, you must integrate with App Indexing for Android and iOS.