If it's not available, you'll need to locate a registrar who handles the domain extension in question. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. Notice we added our own custom tracking text to the parameter so we could tell this link was the “Services Brochure”. One of the most commonly asked question was how to track links in WordPress using Google Analytics? Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics.
The source parameter is a place to store information about various traffic sources for a tracking link. Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. You need to be signed in to your bit.ly account before you can enter tracking data for the link. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first. A link converted by Twitter’s link service is checked against a list of potentially dangerous sites.
Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it. The links are permanent, they will work as long as WordPress.com is around. There are other methods of redirecting, but a 301 is the best choice if you are concerned about SEO.
If you already have a domain you want to use just point it at our site and add it to your account. Search four levels down from the root on each local fixed drive.
We’ll want to know: Where users are going How often they’re clicking What pages they’re clicking from The anchor text they’re clicking on From the data we can take action by: Pruning unclicked links Create new content in the vein of the highly clicked links Update the current article to provide additional clarity Using GTM for Event Tracking While you can use jQuery to track the click events, we’ll be using Google Tag Manager because the auto-event tracking feature makes it a fairly simple implementation and future tweaks won’t require engineering cycles or production pushes. Undo Undo Shorten URL Retweeted TechCrunchVerified account @TechCrunch 17 May 2011 More Amazon Buys The A. Whether you send out marketing emails or occasional newsletters, you can use Google Analytics to track the effectiveness of your emails. How Click Tracking Looks in Plain-Text Campaigns To track a click, the original URL has to be replaced with one that points to our servers and redirects to the destination URL. The service imports all of your short URLs and stores them and will also take over your URL shortening domain if you decide to close it, ensuring links posted throughout the Internet continue to work.Contents The era of URL shortener was begun in 2008 following the popularity of Twitter. Google’s Developer Docs explain further how to obtain the client ID. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. Please see Google’s help page on Custom Campaigns for more information. A short URL eliminates this problem. • People sometimes guess the domain name of sites they have not visited before; so pick a name that describes your blog, company or brand. See the URL list method in the Reference document for more details. Some countries place restrictions on who can register domains with its country TLD — though this is becoming less and less common as countries realize the revenue opportunities from selling domains worldwide. When you add Google Analytics tracking to an email campaign, we supply a default title for your campaign that will appear in your Google Analytics account and your tracking URLs.