It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WP.com-hosted ones. For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. Your custom title will also appear at the end of the URL parameter, so you can see the stats for each individual PDF.
Before Bitly (and even Twitter), there has been a URL shortener, it was TinyURL. There are several techniques to implement a URL shortening. However, while Analytics shows exit pages it won’t tell you which links users clicked to leave your site. For a full list of available tracking link parameters, read our Customizing an Affiliate Tracking Link article. As a result, long URLs must be copied-and-pasted for reliability.
There are no real extra features or services, so this is good choice if you just want to get the job done as fast and as smoothly as possible without all the extra fluff like signing in and CAPTCHAs and other stuff. Finally, URL shortening sites provide detailed information on the clicks a link receives, which can be simpler than setting up an equally powerful server-side analytics engine, and unlike the latter, does not require any access to the server.
In this article: Using Google Tag Manager If you use Google Tag Manager to manage your Analytics tracking, follow the instructions in Analytics Events to implement events. The short URL can allow blacklisted URLs to be accessed, bypassing site blocks; this facilitates redirection of a user to blacklisted scam pages or pages containing malware or XSS attacks.
Boom, ka-bang, you can now see your PDF's Pageviews, Unique Pageviews, Avg. The .ly namespace is controlled by Libya, you see, and the use of it is governed by strict rules. The process of copying and pasting a URL is almost a no-brainer, but often we come across those long URLs that look absolutely atrocious when pasting them in an email or on in a forum thread. The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. EventBrite's packages vary and some includes some services TicketSpice offers at an additional cost (unlimited 3d party integration, communication center, Salesforce integration). Use insights from tracking reports to understand who my customers are, spot product micro trends and ratchet up results on the next campaign.