Every single email address links contains mailto: so this firing rule ensures that this tag only fires on clicks where links are “mailto” type email addresses. You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. Configure short link HTTP status codes for best SEO results. Click on the space to enter your link and paste it there.
In this case you can use Google’s Disavow Link tool in Google Webmaster Tools to let Google know that you don’t approve of that link. Most URL shortening services offer basic analytic data that tracks the total number of clicks, the time of the click and the country or territory location of the person who clicked the link. Some will show up as a referral from a webmail address, like mail.yahoo.com.
In choosing a source, think in terms of broad categories so that you can do roll-up reports for each type of email. How often do you get that kind of data from printed marketing? 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.
Use A Custom Domain With Link Shorteners With services like Domainr and IWantMyName, you can easily get a custom domain to use with link shorteners. Twitter even lets you schedule Tweets now ... sort of. 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. This means using JohnSmith, johnsmith, or johnSmith will all point to the same profile. However, standard analytics tools only do a great job in describing activities within the website without dealing too much with your links outside your website. Use custom domains to multiply click-throughs and increase the public's awareness of my brands.
Registering a short URL[edit] Some websites create short links to make sharing links via instant messaging easier, and to make it cheaper to send them via SMS. Therefore, as a Twitter marketer who needs to track link performance, you should use bit.ly. It's one of the most widely used options out there, and you'll often find it integrated with lots of other services as well as third party apps like TweetDeck and TwitterFeed. Some link shorteners allow custom domains, and some don’t. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. Add Tracking to Your Regular Email Campaign To add Google Analytics tracking to a regular email campaign in MailChimp, follow these steps. Create a new regular email campaign. Twitter.com: The truth is that the best URL shortener for Twitter is the one that’s built into Twitter. The second condition makes sure that we’re not capturing any relative links that typically looks like href="/some-url-path". We then redirect the user to the destination URL. On the left side of the offer's page, find the Generate Tracking panel and select the publisher from the Affiliate dropdown menu. The real benefit of using this link shortener comes with using it in conjunction with HootSuite itself for all your social media marketing. The website is just as basic it was when it launched, but it does the deed.