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. A link converted by Twitter’s link service is checked against a list of potentially dangerous sites. Links can usually be maintained when the link source is moved to another computer, but this form of tracking is less reliable over time. For example, links that point to a page on will rewritten with any available link subdomain sharing that domain (e.g. ).
But, if you need to shorten some links off of Twitter, or for other reasons, these are all great options.Own Your Short Links on Twitter bit.ly offers URL shortening and link tracking services. If you, however, add data such as user IDs, or highly subdefined publisher IDs, it may happen. See also[edit] [edit] External links[edit] URL redirection and shortening at Curlie (based on DMOZ) Comparison of URL Shortening Services, SearchEngineLand. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page.
At the top of the post creation area where you are working on your draft, you can change the slug. As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 10 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 10, 2011 Thanks.
And getting me a web page is kind of the most important thing the web does…Every redirect is a one more point of failure, one more domain that can rot, one more server that can go down, one more layer between me and the content. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. If you need quick and dirty link shortening, maybe Bitly is then the best for you. Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better.
Change http to https and then load the resulting URL. This can break your links and disable the tracking if these are not accepted by your website. Using campaign tracking, however, you will be able to analyze your email traffic in great detail. 8Tracking third-party app stores Particularly on Android, you are able to distribute your app via multiple different app stores, not limited to the Google Play Store. For example, the URL "" can be shortened to "", and the URL "" can be shortened to "". Link shortening service vb.ly was shut down back in 2010 by Libya, which leads to the problematic fact of link shortening: you depend upon a third-party service to deliver visitors through your shortened links. You can also log into your Buffer account on the web or by downloading the mobile app to track your analytics and see how many clicks that your links have gotten. Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes. Whenever you paste a link into Buffer to be scheduled to post at a later time, it automatically shortens the link for you. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first. Affiliate sub ID parameters are often used to store non-unique values from the publisher's tracking system, in some cases to forward to an advertiser. Unfortunately, the data would be so inconsistent as to be unreliable.