There are other masking or cloaking techniques but most are frowned on by search engines due to potential for abuse and usually make use of javascript, server configuration or scripting languages such as php or perl. If you track link clicks with virtual pageviews, then your content reports will show more pages on your site than there actually are. Authenticate your Google Analytics profile or enter UA-Code manually. 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. The Click Map shows you a visual representation of how each link performed in your campaign.
With our unique CTID, you are much less dependent on cookies, and have more reliable data. With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". Then when the page loads, it can load the Javascript and track the information in Google Analytics as expected. To turn click tracking on or off in a regular email campaign, follow these steps. For segment A, the value will be “A”, for B, “B” and “Final” for the Final version of the AB Winner/Auto Winner test.
A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang.
Check Validation: Also optional, but this just makes sure the user “really” clicked on the link. I could probably go on and on with a dozen more URL shorteners, but lets be honest, you only need one. Backlinks on a website may be in italics or underlined in a different color. 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.
One of the risks of choosing a URL shortening service is to have some assurance that they are filtering out spam and virus links. Link farms were created and sold by shysters, and website owners fell for these deals and bought these links. Finally, URL shortening sites provide detailed information on the clicks a link receives, which can be simpler than setting up an equally powerful server-side analytics engine, and unlike the latter, does not require any access to the server. Well, Twitter actually increased the maximum amount of words (to about 120) allowed in a tweet and that’s a good one. Everything is changing. Once this is on your toolbar, you'll be able to make a TinyURL at the click of a button. Click the numbers next to each URL to view the contacts who clicked that link in your campaign. Click tracking in Sailthru is done through your link subdomain. It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example.