You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links.
The goo.gl service provides analytics details and a QR code generator.[citation needed] On 30 March 2018 Google announced that it is "turning down support for goo.gl over the coming weeks and replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links" (although existing goo.gl links will continue to function).[19] Advantages[edit] The main advantage of a short link is that it is, in fact, short, looks neat and clean and can be easily communicated and entered without error.[20] To a very limited extent it may obscure the destination of the URL, though easily discoverable; this may be advantageous, disadvantageous, or irrelevant. In your WordPress dashboard in Settings > Permalinks you can choose which format you’d like your permalinks to be. We’ll use the GA Event tracking feature to capture all the information. Not all redirection is treated equally; the redirection instruction sent to a browser can contain in its header the HTTP status 301 (permanent redirect), 302, or 307 (temporary redirect).
Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. Google's URL builder lets you manually add custom analytics parameters to a website URL. On the offer page, you can add the two most common parameters, aff_sub and source, via the Generate Tracking panel. Anyone using the link will need to know the password to proceed to its final destination.
If you are using something else, then please share that in the comments below.Tracking Link Clicks How to track the number of times a link is clicked using the Link Control. We will show you how you can enable automatic tracking of all outbound links in Google Analytics with WordPress. In those cases, you can add the following parameters to your affiliate tracking link for your publisher to provide more data: Source & Affiliate Sub IDs Some of the most commonly used parameters are the traffic source and affiliate sub ID parameters: source aff_sub aff_sub2 aff_sub3 aff_sub4 aff_sub5 These parameters are used to store non-unique session information from the affiliate’s tracking system that they want passed back on conversion. It's one of the most widely used options out there, and you'll often find it integrated with lots of other services as well as third party apps like TweetDeck and TwitterFeed. There are security implications, and obsolete short URLs remain in existence and may be circulated long after they cease to point to a relevant or even extant destination. Check Validation: Also optional, but this just makes sure the user “really” clicked on the link.
Links to Sailthru Hosted Pages are not tracked and are not included in reporting. This link example: www.tiny.cc/ contains an error due to the missing protocol. More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. If you’d like to override the default value of email for utm_medium or add new utm parameters to your links, then go to the Advance tab of your template/campaign. It was me.) You can't see how many visitors visit lifewire.com/web-and-search-4102742 total. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track. To learn more, read Troubleshooting Click Tracking. Get app deep links with the URL Shortener The URL Shortener also offers the capability of having short links deep link to content in your mobile apps. These are all exposed in the
using rel=shortlink. The need for this came about when one of our Healthcare Marketing clients needed to track the actual impact their PDFs were having on their organic search volume, and traffic in general. Type any message that you want to add to the link into the text input field. Answer that, and your online profits will explode.