Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important. 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. Even worse, some URL shorteners will display a pop up containing ads.
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. You may also want to consider joining 301works, a free service from the Internet Archive that works to create a database of all shortened URL mappings. In order for this to be enabled, you must integrate with App Indexing for Android and iOS.
So instead of seeing “bit.ly” or “goo.gl” links that might lead you anywhere, these websites have set up their own custom short domain name. If you use an affiliate plugin to format your affiliate links into something like this then you will have to enable tracking of internal links as outbound links.
Some link shorteners end up on domain block lists because of heavy spammer use. Click the title of the email you want to work with. Easily manage multiple brands and business lines from one Tinycc account. With our unique CTID, you are much less dependent on cookies, and have more reliable data.
All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration. Abuse[edit] URL shortening may be utilized by spammers or for illicit internet activities. Assign Parameters: Here is where you assign the tag’s Category, Action, and Label. On the Setup step, provide a title for the email in the Google Analytics title for email field. Organize all my important digital resources with easy to remember, keyword-rich short links. To search for name spaces Search four directory levels down from the last directory. Short.cm has integration with many statistics services (like google analytics and mixpanel) through segment.io API. Here are some guidelines: Campaign Name This field should contain some of the most specific information about what kind of email this is. This means your URLs for blog posts will be instead of or something along those lines. You can add tracking directly to your website by adding HTML tracking code to the header section of your website. Possibility to Archive the URLs Redirecting is not that better in elements.