This example assumes that you are using the analytics.js tracking code. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business.
However it does not include clicks on this link for other Links modules or any other types of modules. You can turn click tracking on and off in paid accounts after you've sent a few campaigns without generating any compliance issues. Links to Sailthru Hosted Pages are not tracked and are not included in reporting.
This point was underscored a few days ago when a popular one, tr.im, announced they were going to shut down at the end of the year. Though people haven’t detailed the reason they are the best for link tracking service, let me give you some pointers which should help you short-list a good link tracking service.
Top-level domains of countries such as Libya (.ly), Samoa (.ws), Mongolia (.mn), Malaysia (.my) and Liechtenstein (.li) have been used as well as many others. 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. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co. Tip: There are also many browser add-ons that you can utilize to make copying long addresses easier.
With that said, if you do need to track your URLs, or you want alternative ways to post there are plenty of ways to do it: Bit.ly: Probably the most popular URL shortener for Twitter because it was one of the first to let you track your tiny URLs. See more information about AppsFlyer's Tracking Link Structure and Parameters. One of the risks of choosing a URL shortening service is to have some assurance that they are filtering out spam and virus links. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. A lot of customers maybe searching for an event ticket in several homepages but you have to reel them in by showing them your page’s credibility. Therefore, as a Twitter marketer who needs to track link performance, you should use bit.ly. Here’s an article that will show you how to shorten links for Twitter. A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links. Shortening services come and go, and you don't want to risk having live links disabled because the app that was forwarding them went out of business. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. If search engines have not indexed suspicious sites, you can remove them.