To pass a custom transaction ID in your tracking link, append the following parameter: ad_id You or your publisher needs to insert an externally generated transaction ID value in this parameter before the click registers in HasOffers. Scott Hanselman wrote a short but interesting post tracing the amount of redirection that happened on a single shortened link.
However, there are many instances where you or your publisher may want to keep track of additional information. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case).
Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 10 Dec 2012 More Starting in February, 's URL shortener will add two more characters. I think a few of these points are worth following up on. To enable it, you can upload your own SSL certificate for the link domain using the same workflow that Sailthru provides for enabling Apple’s iOS Universal Links. But we’re then moving away from on-site Analytics into more dubious territory; Google wouldn’t necessarily want to share that data.
Abbreviate or shorten: Use common abbreviations to make things shorter or just chop off some letters of your name. With TinyURL, you can actually customize the end letters and numbers as an option. Media query change tracking If you're tracking media query values, it's often useful to know if and when those values change.
They began to allow publishers to track the links they posted with analytics. I could probably go on and on with a dozen more URL shorteners, but lets be honest, you only need one. Brand the client's links to increase engagement and inspire audience trust. With Twitter, you just have to be as simple and short as possible. When you are using HootSuite, you can shorten any URL to an ow.ly or ht.ly link. If you’re logged in you can also get the shortlink for any page on WordPress.com, there’s a link under the “Blog Info” menu in your admin bar. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly.