This article is part of our HasOffers Basics series. If you’d like to override the default value of email for utm_medium or add new utm parameters to your links, then go to the Advance tab of your template/campaign. Link shortening hides the final destination, so of course spammers have latched onto link shortening like a leech. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). Upgrade my links by putting my name in a custom domain and sharing with friends, family and on social media.
These extensions are easily obtained and generic enough for almost any organization to use. You can copy the resulting bit.ly link and use it in your tweets, in your e-mail, or even on your website.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Note: As of March 30, 2018, Google's URL shortener is only available to active users, and the data generated by those shortened URLs will only be available until March 2019. Some URL shorteners offer a time-limited service, which will expire after a specified period. On other such services, using a URL shortener can allow linking to web pages which would otherwise violate this constraint. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks.
Before you move on, let me let you know that twitter blocks a lot of link shortening services and has since flag them negatively. It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks. Once the address is copied, paste that address into another program by clicking a blank field and pressing Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. As a result, long URLs must be copied-and-pasted for reliability. Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. With support for remarketing, affiliate links from the world's largest stores, campaign tags, and more, Geniuslink is the one-stop shop for your digital marketing links. Backlinks on a website may be in italics or underlined in a different color. Your link stats will also be public if you use this service. In order to form the key, a hash function can be made, or a random number generated so that key sequence is not predictable. In order to get your domain short enough to be effective as a URL shortener, you may want to consider these tips: Removing vowels: This is an effective way to shortener your organization's name and still making it easy to understand. 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).