Paste the link into a text file, so you can view the entire link, and find the value that follows c= at the end of the link address. This will help you give more time-oriented outreach to people who have recently pointed to your resources, these are the most apt to engage. Instead of posting the "pretty" URL, you can shorten it by removing the "www." and using the post ID in the URL (e.g. "?p=1204"). Links that users create through the URL Shortener can also open directly in your mobile applications that can handle those links.
I’ll use jQuery 1.x for this example since most sites use it but you can substitute a lightweight option such as min.js, Zepto.js, Minified.js or your own event handling functions. Most URL shortening services offer basic analytic data that tracks the total number of clicks, the time of the click and the country or territory location of the person who clicked the link. Otherwise, users may see a security warning in their browser when visiting your emailed links. Is there more than one type of Google Analytics tracking on your links? If you combine MailChimp's Google Analytics tracking with custom UTM tracking, this could skew results in reports. The last thing that any website owner wants is to discover that his or her website has been blacklisted and removed from search engines. In the background, Analytics sends data by requesting an image beacon.
A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages. With that said, if you do need to track your URLs, or you want alternative ways to post there are plenty of ways to do it: Bit.ly: Probably the most popular URL shortener for Twitter because it was one of the first to let you track your tiny URLs. Tag Name: External Link Tracking » GA Universal Tag Type: Google Universal Analytics Web Property ID: Your Google Universal Analytics UA id Event Type: Event Event Tracking Parameters Category: External Links Action: {{element url}} Label: {{element text}} Value: 1 Non-Interaction Hit: True Firing Rules Links - External Conditions {{event}} equals gtm.linkClick {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^/[^/] {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^[\w:]*//(www\.)?searchsignals\.com You can always rename the category and change the order of the label and action if you want to see it differently in the default Google Analytics view.
In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. You can use Analytics Events to track clicks on links that take users to a website other than your own. After pasting the link, select the SHORTEN URL button. 6. Users can create these short links through the web interface at goo.gl, or they can programatically create them through the URL Shortener API. Tag Manager uses several different types of event listener tags.
You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. Unfortunately, reports would be misleading if one or more outbound sites didn’t use Analytics. Because we’re creating an event to track clicks on a specific type of link! This will receive an clicked-link events as they bubble up through the DOM. These extensions are easily obtained and generic enough for almost any organization to use. All you need to do is register the domain and make a few changes to the domain configuration. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 22 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 22, 2011 Thanks. Check out our review of this fantastic tool to see how it works.