Of course, you could also just fetch and inspect the Location header in the response, but using the API has two advantages: It won't update the short URL's click stats, so you can fetch a bunch of long URLs without worrying about messing up analytics. On the Links tab, Click Performance displays your tracked URLs and the number of total and unique clicks for each. I would want to know the reason for it and when shall it get indexed???
Another operational limitation of URL shortening services is that browsers do not resend POST bodies when a redirect is encountered. That redirect through our server is logged in your campaign report as a click. Using Link Shorteners That seems like an overpowering list of reasons to not use a link shortener, but is it?
Some countries place restrictions on who can register domains with its country TLD — though this is becoming less and less common as countries realize the revenue opportunities from selling domains worldwide. This example assumes that you are using the analytics.js tracking code.
Improve your conversion rate, and you’ll turn more website visitors into attendees. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. One of the risks of choosing a URL shortening service is to have some assurance that they are filtering out spam and virus links. If Google determines that your request and the token are valid, it returns the requested data. 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.
If you find someone who says he or she loves social media but doesn’t have a twitter account, then that person just likes social media. Write down this value and the combination title or description it goes with so you can reference it when you view your data in Google Analytics later. It allows for custom domains so you can brand your shortened link. What was especially interesting for me was seeing how these tracking links indicate people sharing the event with their networks, and the resulting ticket sales. Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity. This is key to search engine optimization as it ensures that search engine spiders won't think the shortener URL is the "real" URL to the page. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk. This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey. Wikipedia entries on TLDs typically include information on all these restrictions in the right sidebar of each TLD's entry. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them.