3. Tinyurl.com Most internet users (including me) thought that Bitly is the first ever URL shortener. 8ms to redirect to the original destination vis-a-vis 3.
Tracking links in Google Analytics using UTM Source Google Analytics has this amazing feature called custom campaigns. This URL shortener also allows you to set a custom short URL but there is no feature to track it. In this article we’ll discover how to add outbound link tracking. Here's an example of an affiliate tracking link that uses both of these types of parameters: For the above tracking link, the affiliate would provide the appropriate macros from their tracking system to replace the "AFFSUB" and "SOURCE" placeholder values.
A common example of this is when publishers want to pre-populate a lead generation form with user contact information to help improve conversion rates. For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones.
If you can't find a link here, try the Wikipedia list of TLDs. Registering a short URL[edit] Some websites create short links to make sharing links via instant messaging easier, and to make it cheaper to send them via SMS.
You could create a complex UTM code structure for a link but then shorten it via Bitly and use the link on a piece of direct mail. If the shorthand link is found to be associated with a URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message is returned.[7] The patent was filed in September 2000; while the patent was issued in 2005, US patent applications are made public within 18 months of filing. Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it. There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks. True to its name, the URL macro plug the URL of the page that the link click occurred on. They began to allow publishers to track the links they posted with analytics.