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. If you're driving internal pay-per-click traffic and want to pass the cost per click through the tracking link, you can use the following parameter: payout To enable this feature, go to Company > Customize Application > Settings > Tracking. You don’t have to be a major corporation to set up a custom short name domain to create custom short links. When users recommend web pages to each other, email and bookmarking sites are second only to search engines. • URLs greater than 78 characters long will usually wrap across a line feed, increasing likelihood of breaking.
A friendly URL may be desired for messaging technologies that limit the number of characters in a message (for example SMS), for reducing the amount of typing required if the reader is copying a URL from a print source, for making it easier for a person to remember, or for the intention of a permalink. Effectively the data passed is the same as before, however the call is different. Your web hosting service provider will have a firewall to protect sites from virus and malware. With Twitter, you just have to be as simple and short as possible. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above.
We will show you how you can enable automatic tracking of all outbound links in Google Analytics with WordPress. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Use remarketing links to repeatedly get my brands in front of interested eyeballs. You can shorten a link right away, although you’ll need to enter a CAPTCHA code.
For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". If you can't find a link here, try the Wikipedia list of TLDs.
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 this feature to keep data longer than 30 days, send it to clients, or do custom analysis. See also[edit] [edit] External links[edit] URL redirection and shortening at Curlie (based on DMOZ) Comparison of URL Shortening Services, SearchEngineLand. Go to Admin > Edit Posts, hover over the post link, look at the status bar, the number at the end of the URL is the post ID. By clicking on the toolbar button, a TinyURL will be created for the page you are currently at. How Click Tracking Looks in Plain-Text Campaigns To track a click, the original URL has to be replaced with one that points to our servers and redirects to the destination URL. Well, Twitter actually increased the maximum amount of words (to about 120) allowed in a tweet and that’s a good one. Everything is changing.