TinyURL tries to disable spam-related links from redirecting.[30] ZoneAlarm, however, has warned its users: "TinyURL may be unsafe. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 359: + Added feature: include title when posting to Twitter/StatusNet Thanks. The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page. Take a look at your social media feeds and you’ll see that link shortening has really caught on as a practice. 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.
When a link source is moved, the service passes information to the distributed link tracking server that runs on domain controllers. To enable SSL for your link domain Identify your link domain. Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. You may want to know how your announcement emails perform compared to your regular emails listing current specials. For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones.
As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". Type any message that you want to add to the link into the text input field. If you send announcement emails outside the normal flow of newsletters or ads, this might be labeled "announcement".
For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. Here’s a video tutorial on URL forwarding, and below are the two steps to setting up URL forwarding to your LinkedIn profile: 1. Possible values include "parameter" and "header". location, if present, specifies the location in the request that caused the error, e.g. the name of a missing or malformed parameter. code is the HTTP status code of this response.
The Google Analytics account has to be set up and configured before the tracked campaign is sent. Separate multiple event name with commas, for example event1, event22. (Optional) To track variable data with the link click, add Adobe Analytics variables in the Include Adobe Analytics Variables field. If you need quick and dirty link shortening, maybe Bitly is then the best for you. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. You can shorten a link right away, although you’ll need to enter a CAPTCHA code. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. Example: South Park Studios uses cart.mn to recreate, in a shortened form, the name of one of its most well known characters. An example Turn this URL: X0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M into this TinyURL: Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? Smartphone users now prefer bezel-less phones to large devices with not so good/large screen.