On Bitly, click the “Info Page +” link to view statistics. Shortcomings[edit] Short URLs often circumvent the intended use of top-level domains for indicating the country of origin; domain registration in many countries requires proof of physical presence within that country, although a redirected URL has no such guarantee. If it’s an outbound link, we’ll cancel the click event and initiate Analytics event tracking.
However, Google Analytics can also provide you information about what users do when they come on your website, which banners or links they click the most, what product placements are working better on your website, which social media campaigns are bringing you more traffic, etc. With a Professional account, you can use any of our alternative domain names for your tracking links.
We want tracking to work everywhere so I recommend using a library with robust cross-browser event handling. AdFly: Another interesting shortener is AdFly, because it allows you to monetize on your URL shortener. Click Macro Redirect You can specify a custom click macro by first enabling the offer tracking setting, and then passing in a URL using the following parameter: redirect For this parameter, you can include either the {redirect} or {eredirect} macro to track your clicks in another tracking system. Campaign-, adgroup- and creative-level trackers have corresponding Campaign Structure Parameters, e.g. campaign, adgroup and creative. For example, if someone was on the /about/ page, and clicked on an email address, then Google Analytics will record /about/.
The best think about this URL shortener is that you don’t have to deal with ads at all. I can see exactly how many page views and ticket sales result from various methods of getting the word out. Using a custom domain with your link shortening service is a way to confront the spam and distrust issue.
Since database content can be subject to frequent updating that means webpage content can frequently change as well. • The address itself will indicate static or dynamic. You can access detailed campaign click stats from the report Overview, the Click Performance, and the Clicked pages in the campaign report. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 359: + Added feature: include title when posting to Twitter/StatusNet Thanks. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them.