Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 19 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 19, 2011 Thanks. 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!Add JavaScript code within the tags of each page where you want to track affiliate links.
For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones. I can look at these results and know that 283 tickets sold from an invitation I sent out via MailChimp, 12 tickets sold just from posting the event on Yelp, and 24 tickets sold from our blog post about the event. Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes.
On Bitly, click the “Info Page +” link to view statistics. This example assumes that you are using the analytics.js tracking code. Restrict our employee's account access to only the campaigns I want assigned to them. It is reserved for campaigns using paid keywords. I could probably go on and on with a dozen more URL shorteners, but lets be honest, you only need one.
It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WP.com-hosted ones. There are other methods of redirecting, but a 301 is the best choice if you are concerned about SEO.
Back on your event's Manage page in Eventbrite, scroll to the middle of the options menu until you see the Analyze section. If you set Use Google Analytics? to “Yes”, then all links will add special utm parameters that will allow you to identify traffic coming from emails in Google Analytics. 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"). Link Tracking Features Shell shortcuts include heuristic link tracking that uses a tree search algorithm to find a match for a moved link source. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. However, requesting a receipt does not guarantee that you will get one, for several reasons.