When this feature is used, links to your site that Sailthru includes in your email campaigns are wrapped in a redirect URL beginning with link.
Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). A circumvention could be that a website provided its own shortlinks instead of relying on a third-party shortening service – but this is not common.
Can generate transcribable short links in printed brochures for publicity events. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. View Click Results on the Clicked Page To view a list of all recipients that clicked any tracked link in the campaign, follow these steps. Shortcomings[edit] Short URLs often circumvent the intended use of top-level domains for indicating the country of origin; domain registration in many countries requires proof of physical presence within that country, although a redirected URL has no such guarantee. Top-level domains of countries such as Libya (.ly), Samoa (.ws), Mongolia (.mn), Malaysia (.my) and Liechtenstein (.li) have been used as well as many others.
If your organization has multiple people shortening links and posting them, be sure to provide access and training to everyone involved. Links could also be added to texts and that will also affect the length.
Libya, for instance, exercised its control over the .ly domain in October 2010 to shut down vb.ly for violating Libyan pornography laws. Link shortening hides the final destination, so of course spammers have latched onto link shortening like a leech. Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it. You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. I once went bonkers when I couldn’t get a link click tag to work… and it all came down to a lowercase typo. Practice pasting URL You can practice copying and pasting the URL of this page by following the above steps and then pasting the URL into the below text box below. Tracking Link Parameters Depending on which tracking protocol your offer uses, its affiliate conversion link may already include parameters for offer ID or affiliate ID. Using the parameters generated by default, HasOffers has enough information to create a session and redirect the user to the offer URL. Link Tracking when Forcing HTTPS with HSTS If your company is considering implementing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) for your site to ensure visitors may only connect using the more-secure HTTPS, there can be implications for your users’ experience with Sailthru-tracked links if you enable HSTS for all subdomains via the optional includeSubDomains directive. So if you accidentally enter the wrong longer URL to the service, the new shorter URL can never be edited to associate it with a different longer URL. 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. Let's say that you have a website with the homepage that is at: Entering that URL into TinyURL will create a URL like With this you can then redirect someone to anywhere within your site by appending a slash and the pages filename to it. Then in Google Analytics go to “Content” Then under the "Site Content" drop-down click "All Pages" And search for “pdf” to see all of the PDF's that are tagged in this way.