Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. To create a tracking link, simply input the destination URL in your ClickMeter account page. Google Analytics does not track outbound links by default. Adding tracking directly to your site If you have added the Analytics tracking code directly to your site, you can copy and paste the script below into your own pages to set up Event tracking for outbound links. A hyperlink or link (clickable URL) is any text, image or button that you can click-on to jump to a new website or new page on the same site. Shortening links for Twitter simply means reducing its length and at the same time, it still works correctly.
A name everyone instantly trusts when they see the URL. TweetDeck and Seesmic (TweetDeck’s direct competitor) both offer numerous URL-shortener options (bit.ly, is.gd, TinyURL, and twURL), but only bit.ly offers click tracking. Creating the Link Click Listener The Link Click Listener tag allows you to capture user click events on all or specific targeted links.
Improper link formatting and other issues can cause problems with click tracking. A link shortening service is a middleman, serving up a link that sits between your user and the end result. Here's an example of a tracking link using custom variables for the email and phone parameters: The following HasOffers parameters can be used in your affiliate tracking links: Mobile Tracking Parameters When you want to support mobile device attribution, you can use our mobile tracking parameters in your affiliate tracking links: Thank you for your feedback! Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. Upload the certificate and its corresponding key. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them.
A friendly URL may be desired for messaging technologies that limit the number of characters in a message (for example SMS), for reducing the amount of typing required if the reader is copying a URL from a print source, for making it easier for a person to remember, or for the intention of a permalink. You can use Analytics Events to track clicks on links that take users to a website other than your own. Creating a shortened page slug is simple in WordPress. Tag Manager uses several different types of event listener tags.
Let's say that you have a website with the homepage that is at: Entering that URL into TinyURL will create a URL like With this you can then redirect someone to anywhere within your site by appending a slash and the pages filename to it. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 15 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 15, 2011 Thanks. We want tracking to work everywhere so I recommend using a library with robust cross-browser event handling. Clicking on it will show you a list of outgoing URL(s) users clicked on your website. Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important. Using it for spamming or illegal purposes is forbidden and any such use will result in the TinyURL being disabled and you may be reported to all ISPs involved and to the proper governmental agencies. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track. Click tracking in Sailthru is done through your link subdomain.