My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. If a link is never used on the internet or shared publicly then it doesn't exist in a cyber sense. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk. To turn click tracking on or off in a regular email campaign, follow these steps.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks. All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration. Undo Undo Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 18 Mar 2010 More was updated yesterday. You must have a Google Analytics account to complete this process. To sign up, visit analytics.google.com.
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. Not all redirection is treated equally; the redirection instruction sent to a browser can contain in its header the HTTP status 301 (permanent redirect), 302, or 307 (temporary redirect). 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". This is key to search engine optimization as it ensures that search engine spiders won't think the shortener URL is the "real" URL to the page. You should not put information in this field that you have in other fields.
On smaller devices, the symbol for copying text looks like two identical pieces of paper. If, when creating a short link, you are logged out, you'll need to save the passcode, because it is the only thing that gives edit rights. To enable outbound link tracking, you need to add a little javascript to your website, and add a little code with each outgoing link that you want to track. This automatic behavior provides the best possible experience to your app users who open goo.gl links, no matter what platform or device they are on.
Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse. Some link shorteners allow custom domains, and some don’t. If you want a more granular approach too, use the "Just-Discovered" tab to see brand new links that are pointing to your PDF. If a URL with missing protocol is submitted in a browser address bar the http:// is automatically assumed. Bag.gy is a standard link shortener, too, with password protected link options if you want them. More » AdF.ly AdF.ly takes an interesting approach to link shortening by offering its users the opportunity to earn money by using its service. On 14 August 2009 WordPress announced the wp.me URL shortener for use when referring to any WordPress.com blog post.[11] In November 2009, shortened links on bit.ly were accessed 2. Macro Name: element url hostname Macro Type: Custom Javascript Custom Javascript: Caveats If you have a Google Analytics Premium account, note that this will increase the # of events for you site. At the top of the post creation area where you are working on your draft, you can change the slug. Additional Offer URLs & Random URL If the offer has more than one URL to send traffic to, the offer's Generate Tracking panel will have an additional dropdown below the Affiliate dropdown menu. Here, you can provide an additional offer URL. However, there are many instances where you or your publisher may want to keep track of additional information. The trickiest part of tagging links in an email is coming up with a consistent naming convention for each variable. Whenever you paste a link into Buffer to be scheduled to post at a later time, it automatically shortens the link for you. Alternate and Custom Domains Do you love our service, but hate our domain name? Static URLs only contain dots, slashes, dashes or underscores. eg: and are considered clean or user-friendly URLs because they are more human readable and descriptive than dynamic URLs. Many people use URL shorteners when they share links to private content, and in fact many web services like Google Maps have offered automatic generation of shortened links for driving directions that reveal personal information like home addresses and sensitive destinations like "clinics for specific diseases (including cancer and mental diseases), addiction treatment centers, abortion providers, correctional and juvenile detention facilities, payday and car-title lenders, gentlemen’s clubs, etc."[34][35] Additional layer of complexity[edit] Short URLs, although making it easier to access what might otherwise be a very long URL or user-space on an ISP server, add an additional layer of complexity to the process of retrieving web pages.