Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 Jun 2011 More Revision 362: * Updated toolbarbutton styles Thanks. This can be done online, at the web pages of a URL shortening service; to do it in batch or on demand may require the use of an API. These are all exposed in the
using rel=shortlink. For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. For specific examples about email, PDF, social media links, and more see Part II.
More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. This UA code can be found next to your website’s profile in Google Analytics Dashboard. Charts and Graphs Get free real-time graphs so you can clearly visualize your link activity and see where you're getting the most response. Bag.gy is a standard link shortener, too, with password protected link options if you want them. Google Analytics doesn’t “listen” for link click events by default, so that’s why we have to go the extra work of creating a link click listener tag. With Bitly, you can track how many clicks your shortened links receive, plus bookmark and organize your links on your own personalized Bitly dashboard.
For example, a bad campaign name would be "Winter 2009 email" because email is the medium, and it restricts your ability to reuse the same campaign name for other mediums. The network shares on the link source computer are changed. Your application requests user data, attaching the access token to the request. 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.
The first condition allows this tag to just wait until it sees a link click event, which is the gtm.linkClick event that we were listening for above. Upload the certificate and its corresponding key. When choosing a link shortener I take into account weather it provides opportunity to create branded shortlinks, change the target URL, how detailed and useful analytics are available, does it notify me if the link is broken. All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration.
Still, you can create shorter links for other uses that don’t rely on link shortening services. Macro Name: element text Macro Type: Custom JavaScript Custom Javascript: The .textContent property is built into most browsers which is nice, but you can always adapt the macro to use innerHTML or innerText depending on your needs. Just save the tag and then test before publishing. Bitly also allows you to customize the actual shortened link (if your customization is still available). Create an account, setup your domain and link shortener is ready. With that said, if you do need to track your URLs, or you want alternative ways to post there are plenty of ways to do it: Bit.ly: Probably the most popular URL shortener for Twitter because it was one of the first to let you track your tiny URLs. This results in registration of different URL shorteners with a myriad of different countries, leaving no relation between the country where the domain has been registered and the URL shortener itself or the shortened links. More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. You can shorten a link right away, although you’ll need to enter a CAPTCHA code.