In the sidebar click on Content » Events » Top Events. Complete control over which campaigns our clients can see in their accounts. It depends on how the backlink has been set up on the website. Tracking links in Google Analytics using UTM Source Google Analytics has this amazing feature called custom campaigns.
Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. Shortening links for Twitter simply means reducing its length and at the same time, it still works correctly. I have used Google Analytics, bitly, ConversionFly, and ClickMagick works the best for me. You can use this service with or without an account.
Aside from the custom domains that you can use with the premium option, you can also view campaign comparison charts, download the data as an excel file, filter clicks data, and much more. Let's say that you have a website with the homepage that is at: Entering that URL into TinyURL will create a URL like With this you can then redirect someone to anywhere within your site by appending a slash and the pages filename to it. Now, it’s easy to set up tracking for almost any type of link click, without a dev needing to add custom code. (Caveat: in certain cases, you may need some additional dev help, but this post focuses on the simplest types of implementations.) STEP 0: Make Sure You’re Using GTM 🙂 First, ensure you’ve got Google Tag Manager configured and working on your website. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. You may think it is a complicated thing to get but it is actually quite simple to set up and cheap too.
Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.Below are some frequently asked questions about t.co, Twitter's link-shortening service. Clicks are segmented just as well as installs, so you can test it right in your browser. Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me. Creating a shortened page slug is simple in WordPress. On smaller devices, the symbol for copying text looks like two identical pieces of paper. Adding tracking directly to your site If you have added the Analytics tracking code directly to your site, you can copy and paste the script below into your own pages to set up Event tracking for outbound links. When you are using HootSuite, you can shorten any URL to an ow.ly or ht.ly link. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. Is there more than one type of Google Analytics tracking on your links? If you combine MailChimp's Google Analytics tracking with custom UTM tracking, this could skew results in reports. Campaign-, adgroup- and creative-level trackers have corresponding Campaign Structure Parameters, e.g. campaign, adgroup and creative. Click the owl head in the upper-left corner of the screen.