Check out Mozilla’s Developer Network documentation on textContent to understand some of the differences. There’s no default macro that allows you to get the anchor text of the link, so we’ll create a custom Javascript macro to easily do this. Use this example as a model for your own links: Check out example.com Analytics Events Was this article helpful? Often regular unshortened links may be aesthetically unpleasing.
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. Social media dashboard and notifications keeps me on top of what people are saying online about our brands. If you are using the newer Universal tracking please refer to the docs. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs.
I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create. Typically, it’s used for recording on-page JavaScript-controlled interactivity such as opening a widget or making an Ajax call.
Google has possibly started this process for you but the tracking code must be updated on your website pages. UA code is the unique identifier for each Analytics account you create. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. There are several techniques to implement a URL shortening.
Your campaign report will show which contacts clicked your links, and how many times each link was clicked. For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". The volume that holds the link source file is moved to another computer within the same domain. It would be advisable first to list all the links to your site and if you find any suspicious links, use this utility to examine it. Outbound links are the links which take visitors from your website to some other site on the web. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links. To enable it, you can upload your own SSL certificate for the link domain using the same workflow that Sailthru provides for enabling Apple’s iOS Universal Links. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. However, Google Analytics can also provide you information about what users do when they come on your website, which banners or links they click the most, what product placements are working better on your website, which social media campaigns are bringing you more traffic, etc. This website has been known to distribute spyware." TinyURL countered this problem by offering an option to view a link's destination before using a shortened URL. Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. That just means that each number from one to 18,014,398,509,481,984 can be encoded in the combination of nine characters Instagram uses in its URL, and the characters are 0 to 9, uppercase A - Z, lowercase a - z and two other characters (usually a + and a /, although Instagram probably uses a - and a _ if it uses 64 characters instead of 62). URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. You can also get a visual glimpse of your engagement for a different perspective.