Short URLs, for example, will be subject to linkrot if the shortening service stops working; all URLs related to the service will become broken. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. 1 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Chuck Evans in Product Reviews After a couple of years in development, Andy Jenkins and company have brought out their latest product - Kartra. For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones. Macro Name: element url hostname Macro Type: Custom Javascript Custom Javascript: Caveats If you have a Google Analytics Premium account, note that this will increase the # of events for you site. Users can create these short links through the web interface at goo.gl, or they can programatically create them through the URL Shortener API.
On the desktop and mobile you can click the share icon that should resemble the share icon shown in the picture below. This will help you give more time-oriented outreach to people who have recently pointed to your resources, these are the most apt to engage.
Publish one custom branded short link on my business card, then keep the destination URL updated so that people are always taken to my latest blog post when they visit. In the screenshot below, we used 301 forwarding which shows our LinkedIn URL in the browser.
This can be done online, at the web pages of a URL shortening service; to do it in batch or on demand may require the use of an API. For example, if you want all users to download the app from your own landing page rather than the App Store, you can set a redirect parameter: This will always redirect the user to mylandingpage.com.
Tinycc URLs use 301 redirects, which means your browser request will be responded to with a 301 = page moved permanently status code and will forward your browser to this "moved to" address (which we are calling the long URL). I like twitter because it stands out uniquely with awesome features. OLE linking includes the same heuristic link tracking. You can now return to the URL shortening service’s homepage at any time to view click stats for the link you posted to your Facebook wall. See also[edit] [edit] External links[edit] URL redirection and shortening at Curlie (based on DMOZ) Comparison of URL Shortening Services, SearchEngineLand.