At this time, we are unable to reply to any responses, but we'll use this information to keep the site up-to-date.You probably want to use event tracking - this is a simple Javascript function to can fire from the click event on your links. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. Professional marketers never sent traffic directly to their website or landing page. Our CTID can be passed through any affiliate network using SubID tracking. You can also pass the CTID to affiliate networks with pixel tracking or postback tracking if the network supports it.
Here's an example of a URL that can be set as the custom click macro for an offer: {redirect} On click, the {redirect} macro in the above URL is replaced with the HasOffers tracking link for the offer: Custom Transaction IDs Before using the parameter for custom transaction ID, contact your account manager or our support team to enable the feature for your network. If you’re not tracking your links, you’re probably leaving tons of money on the table, spending more than you can afford, and struggling to keep up with dozens of online marketing campaigns. The tool is free and can be used whenever you want. Maybe, the footer bar and the after post banner is working the best, but your sidebar ad is not. Add Tracking to Your Regular Email Campaign To add Google Analytics tracking to a regular email campaign in MailChimp, follow these steps. Create a new regular email campaign. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser.
It gives you yet another level of analytics that you can use to base your decisions on. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 21 Dec 2012 More Thanks.
You can choose to either manually name everything, or use macros to plug in data for you: I generally use a combination of the two. For example, here's what is returned if you call the shorten method without specifying a long URL: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "required", "message": "Required", "locationType": "parameter", "location": "resource.longUrl" } ], "code": 400, "message": "Required" } } reason specifies the error reason. Link shortening service vb.ly was shut down back in 2010 by Libya, which leads to the problematic fact of link shortening: you depend upon a third-party service to deliver visitors through your shortened links. One good way to do this is to use Domai.nr, which links directly to registrars for many domain extensions. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. AdFly: Another interesting shortener is AdFly, because it allows you to monetize on your URL shortener.
This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. It does not allow for a custom domain at this time. Creative-level trackers are the lowest level of segmentation and do not accept any incoming structure data from the URL. However, requesting a receipt does not guarantee that you will get one, for several reasons. This delay can be made worse if the account is set up close to the weekend because sometimes data aggregation slows and gets pulled in on Monday. First thing you need to do is install and activate the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. Before You Start Here are some things to know before you begin this process. True to its name, the URL macro plug the URL of the page that the link click occurred on. Possibility to Archive the URLs Redirecting is not that better in elements. Wikipedia entries on TLDs typically include information on all these restrictions in the right sidebar of each TLD's entry. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. You could create a complex UTM code structure for a link but then shorten it via Bitly and use the link on a piece of direct mail.