Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 5 Dec 2012 More When to sell a name you make actually use. Recently bit.ly announced the addition of a premium service to its URL-tracking system. Use Custom Short URLs in blog posts to amplify my messages and promote my personal brand at the same time.
Clicking on it will show you a list of outgoing URL(s) users clicked on your website. Have you tested the Google Analytics URL parameters?
Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted. This URL shortener also allows you to set a custom short URL. Using a custom domain with your link shortening service is a way to confront the spam and distrust issue. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. After integrating, any short link which redirects to a web link that you have provided to Google through App Indexing will open automatically in your native app for your users.
An example Turn this URL: X0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M into this TinyURL: Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? Custom redirects allow you to send all users to a particular URL.
Use a tracker URL as per the second point, and add a user ID belonging to the sender as an Adjust label parameter. Techniques[edit] In URL shortening, every long URL is associated with a unique key, which is the part after its top-level domain name. Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). Turn Click Tracking On or Off For compliance reasons, click tracking is required in all free accounts and new paid accounts. Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. You rely on this provider to keep your link viable into the future. Create an account, setup your domain and link shortener is ready. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser. Eventbrite’s new tracking pixels tool will replace Eventbrite’s existing Google Analytics integration. If you’re currently using our classic Google Analytics integration for a live event, we highly recommend you let that event complete before setting up a tracking pixel. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. This has been risky in the past because errors can result whenever users manually enter links.