Custom Short Links To help combat concerns about following shortened URLs, many major websites have started registering their own custom short links. This is it. tinyurl.com/0a0b0c0 Buffer: In order to shorten your URLs, you need to schedule your posts through Buffer who will put your posts in a queue and schedule them to go out at the times you preset. There is no way to stop affiliates from adding their own custom payout on click using this parameter. Let's say that you have a website with the homepage that is at: Entering that URL into TinyURL will create a URL like With this you can then redirect someone to anywhere within your site by appending a slash and the pages filename to it. You can read more about this in our guide to deeplinking. This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript.
Effectively the data passed is the same as before, however the call is different. If you choose to disable the short URL, you can do so by deleting the entry that it is posted in. Here is what the firing rules look like for this tag:Event Equals gtm.linkClick: You will want to use this rule for ANY and ALL link click events. This example assumes that you are using the analytics.js tracking code. The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats. Short URLs, for example, will be subject to linkrot if the shortening service stops working; all URLs related to the service will become broken.
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. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better.
Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 21 May 2011 More Version 0. Check out the following URL shortening providers that you can get started with using right away. (P. Element URL contains mailto: This is where the firing rules are truly specific to tracking clicks on email addresses.
The new shortened link would be like goo.gl/htsl Clicking on the shortened link immediately takes you to the same long address. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks. After that, it’s up to you to decide what you need. You can now return to the URL shortening service’s homepage at any time to view click stats for the link you posted to your Facebook wall.