Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. The examples use curl and OACurl to show you how to get started interacting with the API quickly, right from the command line. 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.
Also, remember that many services provide 14 day free trial so you can check if it fits your needs before spending any money. They began to allow publishers to track the links they posted with analytics. A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002.
Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted. You may also want to consider joining 301works, a free service from the Internet Archive that works to create a database of all shortened URL mappings.
Their story had a happy ending in that someone came in and saved them, but it was hard not to think of what would have happened if all their links stopped redirecting one day: part of the web would go dark. Links could also be added to texts and that will also affect the length. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL. 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. As they say, barriers can boost creativity, so people have learned to be pretty witty with 280 characters, even inventing hashtags to make the whole process easier. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above.
Automatically Deactivate Your Links With a Professional account, you can set your links to automatically deactivate after a certain number of clicks. Maybe you want a simple URL to put in a print add, or want to be kind to mobile readers of your content. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. To view the report Overview for a campaign, follow these steps. Your application requests user data, attaching the access token to the request. When we shorten a link, it appears like so: Our URLs are shortened and we can still use the tracking features in Bit.ly, but instead of our readers seeing Bit.ly in the shortened links, they see our custom domain.