Thus, short URLs may be more convenient for websites or hard copy publications (e.g. a printed magazine or a book), the latter often requiring that very long strings be broken into multiple lines (as is the case with some e-mail software or internet forums) or truncated. By doing this, they can centralize all their landing pages in one tracking application, and make changes instantly without having to go back to the websites or pages. Total clicks Total number of times any tracked link was clicked. You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. The Reddit community strongly discourages – and in some subreddits, outright bans – URL shortening services for link submissions, because they disguise the origin domain name and whether the link has previously been submitted to Reddit, and there are few or no legitimate reasons to use link shorteners for Reddit link submissions.[29] [edit] Sites such as Adf.ly use a number of advertising techniques, including interstitial advertising, to generate revenue. After integrating, any short link which redirects to a web link that you have provided to Google through App Indexing will open automatically in your native app for your users.
Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener. Before we go any further, you must upgrade to Universal Analytics. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk.
These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page. When a link is created to a file, the target file is considered the link source, and the creator of the link is the link client. It is simple to change your permalink structure, though if you have been blogging for a while you will need to redirect your old URLs to the new permalinks. Not everyone is a fan of link shorteners, though, suggesting that they only add a possible layer of failure to the web. If you're willing to pay, consider Pretty Link Pro or these low cost solutions on Code Canyon.
Namely, I want to make sure that if have an absolute internal URL with www vs non-www that I capture both cases. With our unique CTID, you are much less dependent on cookies, and have more reliable data.
Namely, I want to make sure that if have an absolute internal URL with www vs non-www that I capture both cases. 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. With the URL Shortener API you can write applications that use simple HTTP methods to create, inspect, and manage goo.gl short links from desktop, mobile, or web. If it's not available, you'll need to locate a registrar who handles the domain extension in question.