To double check, replicate the campaign and look at the tracking options you selected. To track only the HTML version of your campaign, and not the plain-text version, you can create a custom tracking code using Google's resources and add it to the HTML of your campaign. Shortening a long address or URL Some web pages may have a long URL that can present problems when it is pasted into another program, especially an e-mail. Note: If you will implement HSTS on your primary domain only, allowing your link domain to remain accessible via HTTP, the following actions are not needed. Tracking Link Clicks with Event Tracking vs Virtual Pageviews You are also able to use virtual pageviews to track link clicks however, this technique may cause problems elsewhere. See also[edit] [edit] External links[edit] URL redirection and shortening at Curlie (based on DMOZ) Comparison of URL Shortening Services, SearchEngineLand.
In the sidebar click on Content » Events » Top Events. With ClickMeter you get the same powerful link tracking and link cloaking tool most professional marketers use, but at a fraction of the cost.
With any premium account, you get complete control over lots of configurable options, all in one place. In some cases, the server may canonicalize the URL. Since database content can be subject to frequent updating that means webpage content can frequently change as well. • The address itself will indicate static or dynamic. This lets you create short, branded URLs to share on social media. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better.
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. Link Tracking Features Shell shortcuts include heuristic link tracking that uses a tree search algorithm to find a match for a moved link source. Affiliate sub ID parameters are often used to store non-unique values from the publisher's tracking system, in some cases to forward to an advertiser. The general idea people have about Google Analytics is that it tells you how many vistors and pageviews you are getting, where the traffic is coming from, and what content is popular on your website. Some will show up as a referral from a webmail address, like mail.yahoo.com.
You can add parameters that help track certain campaigns or store values from an affiliate's tracking system. You have to create an account to track all these reports. Then, along came some Google algorithm updates and the Penguin put an end to it all. The Summary tab shows all clicks on different ow.ly and ht.ly links shared over the course of seven days. Bit.ly, which is what we integrate with in CoSchedule, uses a 301 redirect. When a link domain is enabled, it is also used to serve your Hosted Pages, which will also become accessible via HTTPS after following these instructions. Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. Many web developers pass descriptive attributes in the URL to represent data hierarchies, command structures, transaction paths or session information. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. 6Extending your attribution funnel with fallback clicks Most mobile marketers would agree that while last-click attribution optimally identifies the final pre-app store engagement, it can make tracking for alternative redirect locations more difficult.