In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2. Before the plain-text version of your campaign is sent, links will look something like this example. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. Abbreviate or shorten: Use common abbreviations to make things shorter or just chop off some letters of your name. Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. This will allow you to plan your content strategy accordingly.
You can also learn how to track clicks on a link in Google analytics. For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. Google has additional means of collecting data: you can gather a lot of statistics when you own the top browser and search engine!
Transnational law[edit] Shortened internet links typically use foreign country domain names, and are therefore under the jurisdiction of that nation. Click outside the box to update your generated tracking link. See the URL get method in the Reference document for more details.
Here are just a few that seem to be popular: Bitly: TinyURL.com: Goo.gl: To find more options, just type “url shortening” or “url shortening services” into your favorite search engine. An Alternative To Link Shorteners Perhaps you’d like to avoid using a link shortening service. In your WordPress dashboard in Settings > Permalinks you can choose which format you’d like your permalinks to be. To use custom campaigns, you add UTM parameters to your URL which are then recorded in your custom analytics report. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing.
To view stats for your custom campaigns go to Google Analytics Reporting » Traffic » Sources » Campaigns and you will see something like this. Some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. Before we answer that question, lets first talk about why would you want to track links in Google Analytics? Affiliate Click ID & Unique Values Click IDs and other unique values (like user hashes and programmatic API values) often reference individual clicks or sessions in other tracking systems. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above.