Thus, short URLs may be more convenient for websites or hard copy publications (e.g. a printed magazine or a book), the latter often requiring that very long strings be broken into multiple lines (as is the case with some e-mail software or internet forums) or truncated. Publish one custom branded short link on my business card, then keep the destination URL updated so that people are always taken to my latest blog post when they visit. Ignore it, and your marketing dollars could go to waste. Ow.ly is a link shortening option that is part of the Hootsuite service. Company of 50 people including 20 engineers” — Above is the recent data stats that were recorded recently by BITLY.
You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. Many sites that accept user-submitted content block links, however, to certain domains in order to cut down on spam, and for this reason, known URL redirection services are often themselves added to spam blacklists.
While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. The values for each entry are the same as specified in the Analytics section. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize.
Google’s Developer Docs explain further how to obtain the client ID. I also worry that because shorteners are essentially open proxies of HTTP they’ll be exploited by spammers and malware distributors to the point where businesses, anti-phishing, and anti-virus services will be forced to block them. So set-up URL forwarding (using a 301 redirect) to .
We can detect whether a link will open a page on a domain which is different to ours. Creating a shortened page slug is simple in WordPress. Low cost way to start a personal brand and make vanity URLs. They enable campaigns with limited text space, such as SMS campaigns. The SEO issue isn’t an issue, according to Google’s Matt Cutts.