The traffic that you drive to a URL will primarily be assigned to that URL, and the data in parameters will be added as long as they don’t conflict. I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create.
Every access requires more requests (at least one more DNS lookup, though it may be cached, and one more HTTP/HTTPS request), thereby increasing latency, the time taken to access the page, and also the risk of failure, since the shortening service may become unavailable. The SEO issue isn’t an issue, according to Google’s Matt Cutts.
Our link service measures information such as how many times a link has been clicked, which is an important quality signal in determining how relevant and interesting each Tweet is when compared to similar Tweets. Some link shorteners allow custom domains, and some don’t. If it’s an outbound link, we’ll cancel the click event and initiate Analytics event tracking. This can result in URLs that are hundreds of characters long and that contain complex character patterns. A name everyone instantly trusts when they see the URL.
You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. Bitly may be the authoritative champ of URL shorteners in the Twitterverse (before t.co / Twitter was propelled a year ago), however Redirecting has analytics covered. You need to categorize each link in each email so that the information reported is useful. Outbound links are the links which take visitors from your website to some other site on the web.
Error responses If your request does not succeed, the Google URL Shortener API will return an error response. If you set Use Google Analytics? to “Yes”, then all links will add special utm parameters that will allow you to identify traffic coming from emails in Google Analytics. To create a tracking link, simply input the destination URL in your ClickMeter account page. Use Custom Short URLs in blog posts to amplify my messages and promote my personal brand at the same time. If you're driving internal pay-per-click traffic and want to pass the cost per click through the tracking link, you can use the following parameter: payout To enable this feature, go to Company > Customize Application > Settings > Tracking. The media source value is represented in the tracking link, on the bottom of the page, under the ‘pid’ parameter. Note To properly differentiate between your custom tracking link and AppsFlyer integrated partners tracking link, do not use "Facebook", "Facebook Ads", "Google", "Twitter" or "Organic" as your custom media source name (case insensitive). Set a custom 404 URL so both search engines and visitors are sent to valid pages on my site when trying to follow any link that doesn't exist. Libya, for instance, exercised its control over the .ly domain in October 2010 to shut down vb.ly for violating Libyan pornography laws.