If done properly, you should have in the above box. Type or paste the full URL of the link that you want to add to your Facebook wall into the input field. Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey.
Click the blue “Post” button to add the link to your page. Facebook automatically detects the link and parses the page description and an image from the original page. Be sure that you spell gtm.linkClick exactly as it looks: this field is case sensitive. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. If you have used either the UTM tracker or outbound link tracking in the past, then let us know of your experience.
It's also worth considering leaving the most recognizable part of your name spelled out. In order to form the key, a hash function can be made, or a random number generated so that key sequence is not predictable. Click Download to export and save this list of contacts, or click each contact to view their activity for this campaign. Often regular unshortened links may be aesthetically unpleasing.
For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. The regEx is a bit more complex than one would expect but it’s addressing a couple of use cases. You can get all the details such as which topic is getting how many shares online and is right now being preferred over others. You rely on this provider to keep your link viable into the future. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 360: x Refactored Thanks.
Just make a link to or use the following code to make a URL input box: Terms of use TinyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier, and may only be used for actual URLs. White labeling lets me present a positive picture of our company as clients see our agency logo when they login to create URLs. Use Custom Short URLs in my books and newsletters to encourage trust and build brand loyalty with fans. Custom Variables If using the affiliate sub IDs and source values are insufficient for passing through values on click to the landing page, you can set up custom variables to use in the offer URL and tracking link. Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening. Your link stats will also be public if you use this service. Go to my.sailthru.com/pages and click a link to a hosted page. This article is part of our HasOffers Basics series. Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Tracking links in Google Analytics using UTM Source Google Analytics has this amazing feature called custom campaigns. Add X-Robots-Tag to my short links for granular control over how Google makes content available through search results. People have learned that shortened links can lead to any random spam page on the web. Reset Your Tracking Data Premium account holders can reset tracking data to zero at any time. How Click Tracking Looks in Plain-Text Campaigns To track a click, the original URL has to be replaced with one that points to our servers and redirects to the destination URL.