If it’s an outbound link, we’ll cancel the click event and initiate Analytics event tracking. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. Every access requires more requests (at least one more DNS lookup, though it may be cached, and one more HTTP/HTTPS request), thereby increasing latency, the time taken to access the page, and also the risk of failure, since the shortening service may become unavailable. It’s a pain, but the outbound link tracking code shown below won’t work without it. (It could be made to work with legacy Analytics, but it’ll eventually stop working so it’s best to upgrade now.) Custom Event Tracking Analytics supports event tracking. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links. Let's talk about what that link doesn't show you.
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? But be aware that even if you never intend to share a link, search engines own some web based services like Gmail, Google Drive or Google Docs (same applies to Bing and Outlook.com / OneDrive) links can be indexed, even if located inside of "private" online documents and emails. Undo Undo Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 1 Mar 2010 More Shorten, share, comment and track your links ! via Thanks.
0 token, or both—whatever option is most convenient for you. You can use it for one simple link and shorten as usual, or you can shorten a group of links into one shortened link.
The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the permalink for this post. Go to my.sailthru.com/pages and click a link to a hosted page.
The .ly namespace is controlled by Libya, you see, and the use of it is governed by strict rules. You need an Admin user level or higher to connect this integration. If you set up tracking this way, you won't be able to see the Google Analytics statistics in MailChimp. Low cost way to start a personal brand and make vanity URLs. Additionally, pageview calculations are unaffected by user activity tracked using the Event Tracking method. The network shares on the link source computer are changed. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). This will allow you to plan your content strategy accordingly. If you click the shortened link on bit.ly, you get access to detailed traffic information related to number of clicks, referring Web sites, and geographic locations of the users who clicked. In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from. Find the unsubscribe link in your campaign, right click, and copy the link address. See the company's blog to learn more about the changes that are taking place. More » TinyURL.com TinyURL used to be one of the top shortening choice in the past, and people still use it a lot today, however it does include a couple more characters compared to others like Bit.ly and Goo.gl. Autotrack uses events to track outbound link clicks and sets the event label to the link's URL. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 10 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 10, 2011 Thanks.