Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. Once you are set, you can now view cool stats and detailed charts of your links (e.g. unique and non-unique clicks).
The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. Just a Few of the Available Sites I won’t claim to be familiar with all the possible URL shortening sites you could use. They keep URLs that are loaded with UTM tracking tags from looking ugly by hiding the length and characters in the UTM tracking system. Consider alternate extensions: If your top choice isn't available, consider using a country code TLD (ccTLD) such as .to or .co. Starting October 12, 2010, users could automatically generate QR codes that, when scanned with a mobile QR code reader, automatically directed users to shortened links.[9] This was later removed.[10] On May 29, 2012, Bitly announced "Bitmarks", a new search feature, with enhanced public profiles and an iPhone app.[11] Alternative domains[edit] .ly is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Libya. You may also want to consider joining 301works, a free service from the Internet Archive that works to create a database of all shortened URL mappings.
The customized bit.ly version allows you to use your own domain name for branded short links which can be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites. To enable SSL for your link domain Identify your link domain. How are you tracking calls from pay per click and organic? I'm sure there are also better ways this can be done, so if you have your own way of doing it please leave me some comments below!Link tracking is what seperates the men from the boys in online advertising. If you’d like to override the default value of email for utm_medium or add new utm parameters to your links, then go to the Advance tab of your template/campaign. Turn Click Tracking On or Off For compliance reasons, click tracking is required in all free accounts and new paid accounts.
One of the most commonly asked question was how to track links in WordPress using Google Analytics? Hover over the open or click percentage for any sent campaign to see the number of opens or clicks.
This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. They also allow you to track your links and provide you with the ability to understand and visualise your audience. For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. Find the unsubscribe link in your campaign, right click, and copy the link address. You may still want to track your URLs to see how well your tweets are performing. WordPress links have the structure they do, which is longer, because they’re meant to be permanent and portable. (And of course friendly to search engines.) Even if you weren’t using WordPress, the links contain no arbitrary IDs or other platform-specific implementation cruft so they should be trivial to serve from any system, even if you don’t use WordPress in the future. Check Enable OneLink to convert the custom tracking link to OneLink, while retaining all the added parameters to the link. I have used Google Analytics, bitly, ConversionFly, and ClickMagick works the best for me.