Parts of a URL Note that www. is only a subdomain. If you look at an article in Wikipedia, you are bound to come across backlinks. ClickMeter is a link tracking tool that focuses on tracking links for your website so that you can monitor relevant clicks.
You will need to make sure you have the standard google tracking script on your page too. However, while Analytics shows exit pages it won’t tell you which links users clicked to leave your site.
When a visitor clicks on your tracking link, LinkTrackr places a cookie on the user’s computer, as well as generate a unique Click Tracking ID or CTID. Given the choice between spending time and money to find a different home, or just giving up, the latter won out.[22] Google's url-shortener discussion group has frequently included messages from frustrated users reporting that specific shortened URLs have been disabled after they were reported as spam.[23] A study in May 2012 showed that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002).[24] The most common cause cited was abuse by spammers.
Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important. Tinycc URLs use 301 redirects, which means your browser request will be responded to with a 301 = page moved permanently status code and will forward your browser to this "moved to" address (which we are calling the long URL). 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. Another simple one, you just paste it in and go. goo.gl/0a0b0c0 Then there are the ones that people hook up to autofeed into their Twitter accounts, and most of those come with their own shorteners. A common example of this is when publishers want to pre-populate a lead generation form with user contact information to help improve conversion rates.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 15 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 15, 2011 Thanks. Here are just a few that seem to be popular: Bitly: TinyURL.com: Goo.gl: To find more options, just type “url shortening” or “url shortening services” into your favorite search engine. This way they can use shortened URLs but still give people confidence about where the link will lead. Is this part of a broader campaign to talk about a new product? Alternatively, if uppercase and lowercase letters are differentiated, then each character can represent a single digit within a number of base 62 (26 + 26 + 10). Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 Jun 2011 More Revision 362: * Updated toolbarbutton styles Thanks. All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration. This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript.