Effectively the data passed is the same as before, however the call is different. In this article, you’ll learn how to add Google Analytics tracking to your email campaigns, archives, and list pages. The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats. It appears to be written in something like base64.
The Google Analytics account has to be set up and configured before the tracked campaign is sent. In other words, if you can discover which half of your advertising isn’t working, you can focus only on the half that is working, you can literally double your profits.
You should see the activity in the Analytics Real-Time > Events panel. Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted. To use custom campaigns, you add UTM parameters to your URL which are then recorded in your custom analytics report. There are two ways to identify your application: using an OAuth 2.
The last condition is to make sure that we don’t include any absolute URLs that belong to the domain we’re on. When your campaign arrives in recipients' inboxes, the plain-text click tracking will look something like this example. If you click the shortened link on bit.ly, you get access to detailed traffic information related to number of clicks, referring Web sites, and geographic locations of the users who clicked. You should see the activity in the Analytics Real-Time > Events panel. Set your domain Log in to the application () using your GoDaddy login information. For more information about OLE links, see IOleLink.
3. Tinyurl.com Most internet users (including me) thought that Bitly is the first ever URL shortener. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 24 Jun 2011 More Firefox Vision Statement Thanks. One of the most commonly asked question was how to track links in WordPress using Google Analytics? Easily manage multiple brands and business lines from one Tinycc account. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. Determines unique and non-unique click distribution. Once you click the share link, in addition to the social networking services you should see the URL of the video that can be copied and pasted anywhere. Remember: Even though you’re good at marketing your event, still, it doesn’t matter how many people you drive to your event page if only a small percentage of them buy a ticket. Link shortening adds another of redirection to an “already creaky system“, according to Joshua Schachter, the founder of Delicious.