1Creating segments of users with tracker hierarchies For each of your sources, you can lay out segments in the same way as with Network-X, described above. Shortened links allow you to share long URLs in a Tweet while maintaining the maximum number of characters for your message. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse.
Abbreviate or shorten: Use common abbreviations to make things shorter or just chop off some letters of your name. The Summary tab shows all clicks on different ow.ly and ht.ly links shared over the course of seven days. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. But we’re then moving away from on-site Analytics into more dubious territory; Google wouldn’t necessarily want to share that data. This point was underscored a few days ago when a popular one, tr.im, announced they were going to shut down at the end of the year. Also, remember that many services provide 14 day free trial so you can check if it fits your needs before spending any money.
Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. Then reconnect with the same interested audience when my sequel is ready to be released. Join 250,000 in-the-know marketers and get the latest marketing tips, tactics, and news right in your inbox. In the Settings & Tracking section of the Campaign Builder, check the box next to Google Analytics link tracking. If you’re linking from one site using Analytics to another using Analytics Google could record that relationship. Tag Type: Select either “Universal Analytics” or “Classic Analytics”, depending on whichever you are using.
If the title is not available you can manually add it. When a user clicks on a link that is being listened to, Google Tag Manager fires off a gtm.linkClick event. AdFly: Another interesting shortener is AdFly, because it allows you to monetize on your URL shortener.
Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener. Once you click the share link, in addition to the social networking services you should see the URL of the video that can be copied and pasted anywhere. Copying a YouTube video link on website and app Tip: You can also use the how to copy a URL on a computer and how to copy a URL on a mobile device mentioned above to copy a YouTube video link. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 359: + Added feature: include title when posting to Twitter/StatusNet Thanks. For a media battle of an organization distributing content, most likely a bitly is a superior alternative.