For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. Another operational limitation of URL shortening services is that browsers do not resend POST bodies when a redirect is encountered. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 10 Dec 2012 More A 140-character to Santa.
The Summary tab shows all clicks on different ow.ly and ht.ly links shared over the course of seven days. You can also get a visual glimpse of your engagement for a different perspective.
But otherwise, the free account is useful enough for comprehensive link tracking. If you set up tracking this way, you won't be able to see the Google Analytics statistics in MailChimp. More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. This data is useful in aggregate to determine the response to your emails, including attributing purchases to sends, and also at the individual level to determine a user’s engagement and interaction with Lifecycle Optimizer rules and Audience Builder filters. URL shorteners are nothing new, Tiny URL has been around for 100 years, but WP.me is different in a few ways. You have to create an account to track all these reports.
Before you move on, let me let you know that twitter blocks a lot of link shortening services and has since flag them negatively. By that I mean that one of the reasons people create links is to give items some Google juice, aka PageRank.
TinyURL tries to disable spam-related links from redirecting.[30] ZoneAlarm, however, has warned its users: "TinyURL may be unsafe. In order to form the key, a hash function can be made, or a random number generated so that key sequence is not predictable. When setting up campaigns that you want to track with Adjust, you create one or more trackers. Enter the name of this tracker, select link to a network and from the drop down list, select the network that this tracker should be linked. It’s very simple interface will allow you create custom URLs so that it’s not just a random mix of letters and numbers if you want. bit.ly/0a0b0c0 TinyURL: Another one of the first, if not the first URL shorteners for Twitter.