A search engine spider can follow links just as your browser did and is satisfied if it sees the 301 redirect method in-use. In the example above we have created a link to be shared on Twitter, as a tweet. utm_source parameter identifies the source of traffic this could be a site, a social media network, newsletter, app, etc. The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page. Your brand, your name–it’s carried across into the very links that you are sharing. This helps let people know they aren’t spam. As long as your custom domain relates to your brand and you use it consistently, people will know that the links you are sharing have been vetted by you. In this case, no further subtrackers will be created for that group, and you will be notified immediately. This means your URLs for blog posts will be instead of or something along those lines.
We wanted to see: A) How many page views the PDFs were getting B) How long people were staying on these PDFs C) How prone they were to bouncing (just in case we needed to redesign them) D) The links we were getting to the PDFs E) Where those links were coming from The solution was pretty simple. Let us know what you think of Bitly.com and other similar sites. But now I have the option to make special mistake-proof short links for print purposes.
In this example we have used Twitter. utm_medium parameter is used to describe what kind of medium we have used, in this example we have used a Tweet. utm_campaign parameter to define a campaign name, slogan, promo code, etc. utm_term parameter is used to identify paid search keywords. utm_content You could be using a variety of content types in a campaign, this element allows you to differentiate among them. For example, a standard tracking link like: shortens to something like: You can also append unencrypted parameters to a shortened URL. 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. They create unique tracking links and give you insight on how to create value out of the sharing data.
Generate an Impression Pixel To track impressions for an offer, copy the code in the Impression Pixel box and place it on the same page as your tracking link. The goo.gl service provides analytics details and a QR code generator.[citation needed] On 30 March 2018 Google announced that it is "turning down support for goo.gl over the coming weeks and replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links" (although existing goo.gl links will continue to function).[19] Advantages[edit] The main advantage of a short link is that it is, in fact, short, looks neat and clean and can be easily communicated and entered without error.[20] To a very limited extent it may obscure the destination of the URL, though easily discoverable; this may be advantageous, disadvantageous, or irrelevant.
Tracking Visits from Emails Tracking visitors that come from emails is simple enough if you use campaign tracking for each link. But as Dave Winer articulated, there’s no reason we shouldn’t have a shortener ourselves, and here we are. 🙂 People are already using it. Crawlers are not allowed behind our login, and do not have a way to get into accounts. When you publish a longer URL, people can see what main website they are being directed to and feel comfortable with following the link. That said, we found very little documentation covering what we needed to do, so here we are - sharing what we learned. 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. Use custom domain URL shortening to gain a higher level of indexing on Google. You can even make each link in the list a tny.im short link, for enhanced statistics!