Hiding Old URLs Sometimes you don't really want to track analytics for a URL or you just want to clean house and get rid of the old links. As you'll need to be using Google Tag Manager for this, it's as simple as using the Universal Analytics tag template. Every access requires more requests (at least one more DNS lookup, though it may be cached, and one more HTTP/HTTPS request), thereby increasing latency, the time taken to access the page, and also the risk of failure, since the shortening service may become unavailable. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 10 Dec 2012 More Starting in February, 's URL shortener will add two more characters.
Show our company logo to guest users when they login to create URLs. Here’s some of the click tracking information you’ll see in your overview. It took me a while to realize all the features Bitly has to offer, and now it’s my favorite go-to page for when I need to share links with a little style. Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL. Creating the External Link Tracker The last step is to send the link click event, along with the anchor text and URL, to Google Universal Analytics.
At that time, Google will completely disable the URL shortener and all associated data will be lost. When you specify the events and variables to send, the configuration is implemented as code in the analytics.sitecatalyst.js file that is generated for a page. Like it or not, we have to admit that Bitly is the best URL shortener service. Use a smart link to detect language preference of visitor and automatically route to either our English content or Spanish content.
You can even make each link in the list a tny.im short link, for enhanced statistics! Often regular unshortened links may be aesthetically unpleasing. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first. Set your own link expiration dates (great for limited time offers).
URLs encoded in two-dimensional barcodes such as QR code are often shortened by a URL shortener in order to reduce the printed area of the code, or allow printing at lower density in order to improve scanning reliability. You need an Admin user level or higher to connect this integration. What’s really great is you don’t have to add any of your own custom javascript. Restrict our employee's account access to only the campaigns I want assigned to them. 2) Search engines automatically find links when they exist on public pages. But otherwise, the free account is useful enough for comprehensive link tracking. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. Show our company logo to guest users when they login to create URLs. You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. And though it is unlikely that Bit.ly will be shut down, they are still a middleman. Go to the homepage of the URL shortening service that you used in the first step. Twitter even lets you schedule Tweets now ... sort of. More over, all these statistics & reports come with no cost.