This is because an unknown percentage of your recipients read emails with a program that doesn't execute JavaScript or store cookies. You can also put it in your bookmarks instead of the links toolbar. A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. This may sometimes be done using short, CAPTCHA-protected URLs, but this is not common.[3] Makers of URL shorteners usually register domain names with less popular or esoteric Top-level domains in order to achieve a short URL and a catchy name, often using domain hacks. Maybe you want a simple URL to put in a print add, or want to be kind to mobile readers of your content. This is the best tool you will ever find because we are the most reliable and featured.
How Our Link Tracking Works With LinkTrackr, creating tracking links is easy. Here's an example of what the link to Eventrbite would look like with the cross-domain parameter added: Let’s break that down: is the link to your event on Eventbrite ?_eboga is the supported Eventbrite cross domain parameter 45698745. URL shorteners are nothing new, Tiny URL has been around for 100 years, but WP.me is different in a few ways. Enabling this setting records and displays the following additional link information: URL: Displays the URL that will be tracked. Changing your URL several times may make it hard for people to find you.
All you have to do is enter your destination URL, and give your tracking link a name. I would want to know the reason for it and when shall it get indexed??? Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private.
In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2. Move up one directory and repeat steps 1 and 2 another three times, which can yield results if the object has moved nearby. And if I was using Twitter.com to Tweet as I sometimes do, then I wouldn’t use one, I’d just let Twitter shorten it. Once this is on your toolbar, you'll be able to make a TinyURL at the click of a button.
Notice we added our own custom tracking text to the parameter so we could tell this link was the “Services Brochure”. URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. Before we answer that question, lets first talk about why would you want to track links in Google Analytics? We can detect whether a link will open a page on a domain which is different to ours.