Not everyone is a fan of link shorteners, though, suggesting that they only add a possible layer of failure to the web. For example: Bitly is one of the most popular link shortening services, and the one we prefer to use with CoSchedule. If your website has WordPress installed in a directory, your options might look like this, where our blog is installed in the “blog” directory: If your website is your WordPress installation, it might look like this: This works best when you choose a page slug that is short and mindful of keywords. So in the next few pages, you will learn how to shorten links for Twitter. To shorten links for Twitter, you don’t need to do too much techy stuff. The distributed link tracking service also attempts to maintain links in the preceding situations even when they do not occur within a domain, that is, they are cross domain or within a workgroup. Ever heard the saying, ”the shorter the better?” Well, I actually, made that up.
When a link source is moved, the service passes information to the distributed link tracking server that runs on domain controllers. However, copy operations do not preserve object IDs, because that would violate their uniqueness. Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly. The test link includes assigning "testoffer" to the source and aff_sub parameters so you can easily find clicks and conversions in your reports.
In the Settings & Tracking section of the Campaign Builder, click Edit. Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the box to disable click tracking. Build trust & increase click rate: people tend to click on the links that they trust rather than unknown URLs (ie. bit.ly/buSzh might be a spam link). In order to get your domain short enough to be effective as a URL shortener, you may want to consider these tips: Removing vowels: This is an effective way to shortener your organization's name and still making it easy to understand. I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create. Google Analytics even has a URL Builder tool where you can generate a URL with UTM parameters.
When you click on one of these links, you will (hopefully!) be redirected to a more familiar website. A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages. Such URLs are difficult to memorize, type-out or distribute. You may want to know how your announcement emails perform compared to your regular emails listing current specials. You should see the activity in the Analytics Real-Time > Events panel. This way you don’t have to do all the copying and pasting in Bitly.com to get your shorter version.
With this information, you should be able to judge if a site linking to your website is a valid site or not. To view individual link results, follow these steps. You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. Easily manage multiple brands and business lines from one Tinycc account. Hover over the open or click percentage for any sent campaign to see the number of opens or clicks. Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. Password Protection With a Personal or Professional account, you can password protect your tracking links.