First thing you need to do is install and activate the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. Techniques[edit] In URL shortening, every long URL is associated with a unique key, which is the part after its top-level domain name. But that's where the myth of having links regardless of where they came from to a website ended. You can use this service with or without an account. After that, it’s up to you to decide what you need.
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Some link shorteners end up on domain block lists because of heavy spammer use. To view the outgoing links, go to your Google Analytics account. This has been risky in the past because errors can result whenever users manually enter links. Namely, I want to make sure that if have an absolute internal URL with www vs non-www that I capture both cases. Browsers and servers talk back and forth using "headers" which contain various information.
Many sites that accept user-submitted content block links, however, to certain domains in order to cut down on spam, and for this reason, known URL redirection services are often themselves added to spam blacklists. We recommend choosing only one type of Google Analytics tracking. WP.me is the only two-letter .me domain in the world. Google Analytics even has a URL Builder tool where you can generate a URL with UTM parameters. URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. Some link shorteners allow custom domains, and some don’t. It's only one of the most popular social media management tools currently out there!