Under Tracking, click the Google Analytics link tracking box. 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.
The .ly namespace is controlled by Libya, you see, and the use of it is governed by strict rules. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 Jun 2011 More Revision 362: * Updated toolbarbutton styles Thanks. There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk.
Link shortening hides the final destination, so of course spammers have latched onto link shortening like a leech. All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration.
If there's something tny.im can't do, contact us and we'll implement it for you.Check out this address: If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. Use this example as a model for your own links: Check out example.com Analytics Events Was this article helpful? For example, the URL "" can be shortened to "", and the URL "" can be shortened to "". In the “Auto-Append Link Parameters” field write the new or current parameter with its respective value, such as utm_medium=MorningEmail You can turn on this setting independent of the Link Tracking setting. There are a lot of other link shorteners, many being novelty systems (like a link shortener that doesn’t really shorten but turns your URL into a Dickens quote, or one that makes your link look shady and nefarious, or one that churns out a hipster-phrased link) or ways to earn money for yourself or for charities through ads that appear before the user gets to the destination URL.
To track only the HTML version of your campaign, and not the plain-text version, you can create a custom tracking code using Google's resources and add it to the HTML of your campaign. Use Custom Short URLs in my books and newsletters to encourage trust and build brand loyalty with fans. In other words, www is arbitrary and no different than any other subdomain. Total clicks Total number of times any tracked link was clicked. In this example we have used Twitter. utm_medium parameter is used to describe what kind of medium we have used, in this example we have used a Tweet. utm_campaign parameter to define a campaign name, slogan, promo code, etc. utm_term parameter is used to identify paid search keywords. utm_content You could be using a variety of content types in a campaign, this element allows you to differentiate among them. Even after labels are published and in the hands of customers. Copy and paste the URL you create into your web browser's address bar, then press enter.