You can also find out how many clicks your particular bit.ly link got compared to the total clicks on the long link. Same as Bit.do, Goo.gl also allows you to keep an eye of the URLs you shorten. In April 2009, TinyURL was reported to be blocked in Saudi Arabia.[27] Yahoo! Many web developers pass descriptive attributes in the URL to represent data hierarchies, command structures, transaction paths or session information.
Check Validation: Also optional, but this just makes sure the user “really” clicked on the link. Here’s an article that will show you how to shorten links for Twitter. However, standard analytics tools only do a great job in describing activities within the website without dealing too much with your links outside your website.
Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly. When you add Google Analytics tracking to an email campaign, we supply a default title for your campaign that will appear in your Google Analytics account and your tracking URLs. Bit.ly, which is what we integrate with in CoSchedule, uses a 301 redirect. Shortcomings[edit] Short URLs often circumvent the intended use of top-level domains for indicating the country of origin; domain registration in many countries requires proof of physical presence within that country, although a redirected URL has no such guarantee. Keys can be generated in base 36, assuming 26 letters and 10 numbers.
With a custom domain for your link shortener, people will see that you are not spamming and they will be more likely to click on your custom domain shortened link than a generic shortened link. Advanced Statistics (Referrer, Browser, Platforms).
Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. Simply enter your long URL and click the Shorten button. A real-time dashboard with traffic analytics and referrer data shows how many people shared and clicked your links. bit.ly is a free service. Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). Use Custom Short URLs in blog posts to amplify my messages and promote my personal brand at the same time. If you're willing to pay, consider Pretty Link Pro or these low cost solutions on Code Canyon. So if you accidentally enter the wrong longer URL to the service, the new shorter URL can never be edited to associate it with a different longer URL. Whenever you paste a link into Buffer to be scheduled to post at a later time, it automatically shortens the link for you. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL.