Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 19 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 19, 2011 Thanks. Yet many are retracing their steps and playing clean up. Requests to the Google URL Shortener API for non-public user data must be authorized by an authenticated user. Link shortening service vb.ly was shut down back in 2010 by Libya, which leads to the problematic fact of link shortening: you depend upon a third-party service to deliver visitors through your shortened links.
To send the results to other people, enter their email addresses in the CC field. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track. See the URL get method in the Reference document for more details. Apply the tracking pixel to “This Event” or “All Events”.
One of the reasons why people love using Bitly is that it allows users to create a custom shortened URL. The configuration of the component overrides the link tracking configuration of the framework. I think a few of these points are worth following up on. Every single email address links contains mailto: so this firing rule ensures that this tag only fires on clicks where links are “mailto” type email addresses.
Create smart link targets to automatically route visitors by language or operating system so that we end up with engaged customers instead of bounces. You’d be able to see anytime someone who got your direct mail package in the mail, actually went to your website.
In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. You can add parameters that help track certain campaigns or store values from an affiliate's tracking system. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business.