Click the input box under “Update Status” and paste the copied short URL into the box. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them.
It is highly recommended to enable if you are using Google Analytics on your site. Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity.
For example, if the user clicks on “sales@wearefine.com”, that’s what Google Analytics will record. Check out our review of this fantastic tool to see how it works. Custom redirects allow you to send all users to a particular URL. But, the good news is, the one I am gonna share below is as secure as possible.
Have you tested the Google Analytics URL parameters? How Our Link Tracking Works With LinkTrackr, creating tracking links is easy. See the URL get method in the Reference document for more details. Some link shorteners end up on domain block lists because of heavy spammer use. It’s also popular so a lot of people recognize that a Bitly link is a shortened link and don’t automatically think it’s spam.
Tap the address bar once to highlight all of the text contained within it. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 5 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 5, 2011 Thanks. This sounds like a lot of work if you want to track all your outgoing links. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 17 Dec 2012 More Have you experimented with promoted tweets on ? In addition to creating short URL versions in the sidebar, you can get personalized stats about your Bitly links, create Tweets right from within the sidebar, and see who is linking to your URL on Twitter, FriendFeed and blog comments. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co. Link shortening adds another of redirection to an “already creaky system“, according to Joshua Schachter, the founder of Delicious. 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. Just make a link to or use the following code to make a URL input box: Terms of use TinyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier, and may only be used for actual URLs.