We will show you how you can enable automatic tracking of all outbound links in Google Analytics with WordPress. WordPress links have the structure they do, which is longer, because they’re meant to be permanent and portable. (And of course friendly to search engines.) Even if you weren’t using WordPress, the links contain no arbitrary IDs or other platform-specific implementation cruft so they should be trivial to serve from any system, even if you don’t use WordPress in the future. Under Tracking, click the Google Analytics link tracking box. For individual sharing purposes, a Redirecting is a superior decision as it is sans bother and respects subscribing independently to another service(assuming Google is with the client as of now) Bitly is the best in terms of getting most extreme data in a shorter spam of time.
Get Click Alert Emails With any premium account you can get real-time click alert emails every time your link is clicked! Given the choice between spending time and money to find a different home, or just giving up, the latter won out.[22] Google's url-shortener discussion group has frequently included messages from frustrated users reporting that specific shortened URLs have been disabled after they were reported as spam.[23] A study in May 2012 showed that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002).[24] The most common cause cited was abuse by spammers. UA code is the unique identifier for each Analytics account you create. You could create a complex UTM code structure for a link but then shorten it via Bitly and use the link on a piece of direct mail.
For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. However, if it's a direct link to a resource like a document or PDF or JPG, to track this link when using Google Analytics you may need some custom tracking methods setup on your server to track that particular link to your resource. Once you are set, you can now view cool stats and detailed charts of your links (e.g. unique and non-unique clicks). Of course, you could also just fetch and inspect the Location header in the response, but using the API has two advantages: It won't update the short URL's click stats, so you can fetch a bunch of long URLs without worrying about messing up analytics.
A good baseline is to expect at least a few dozen users on any given tracker. By tracking those links, you can find which one is working the best. This will help you give more time-oriented outreach to people who have recently pointed to your resources, these are the most apt to engage. Libya, for instance, exercised its control over the .ly domain in October 2010 to shut down vb.ly for violating Libyan pornography laws. Use short links with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons for asset tracking and proximity marketing.
Note: Not all website UTM parameters work properly with Google Analytics. Additionally, if the file is moved outside the domain or within a workgroup, it is found. In the example above we have created a link to be shared on Twitter, as a tweet. utm_source parameter identifies the source of traffic this could be a site, a social media network, newsletter, app, etc. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. When you schedule a link Tweet via Hootsuite, you can shorten the link to an owl.ly link. owl.ly/0a0b0c0 Google: As always, Google has something for you too. That would help you determine whether the announcement emails are worthwhile or perhaps whether the regular emails need to be reformatted. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL. MailChimp reports provide a few different metrics for measuring click activity on a campaign report. Here's an example of a tracking link using custom variables for the email and phone parameters: The following HasOffers parameters can be used in your affiliate tracking links: Mobile Tracking Parameters When you want to support mobile device attribution, you can use our mobile tracking parameters in your affiliate tracking links: Thank you for your feedback!