Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 26 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 26, 2011 Thanks. 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. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. Twitter even lets you schedule Tweets now ... sort of. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 18 May 2011 More Revision 357: Removed: piurl.com, tr.im, kl.am; Added: min.ms, mrte.ch, v.gd; Thanks.
If you're willing to pay, consider Pretty Link Pro or these low cost solutions on Code Canyon. That fact makes it easy to use only, in online profiles and anywhere else that you want to put a link and track it.
The link service uses cookies to recognize your computer and display statistics for your link.Google Analytics provides an overwhelming quantity of information. Find the Unique Web ID for Each Version of a Campaign For A/B Testing Campaigns that test content, each combination of the campaign will have a different web ID. I also worry that because shorteners are essentially open proxies of HTTP they’ll be exploited by spammers and malware distributors to the point where businesses, anti-phishing, and anti-virus services will be forced to block them.
For example, if you use an adgroup-level tracker and attach a campaign parameter, the parameter will be ignored and the traffic will be assigned to the adgroup. Bitly will download and add a thumbnail photo and the title for each link in the bundle.
The tool is free and can be used whenever you want. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. Are you struggling to market your website, product or service? Upgrade to a premium account for more advanced features. More » AdF.ly AdF.ly takes an interesting approach to link shortening by offering its users the opportunity to earn money by using its service. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. There are other masking or cloaking techniques but most are frowned on by search engines due to potential for abuse and usually make use of javascript, server configuration or scripting languages such as php or perl. It's also worth considering leaving the most recognizable part of your name spelled out. Improper link formatting and other issues can cause problems with click tracking. For example, a bad campaign name would be "Winter 2009 email" because email is the medium, and it restricts your ability to reuse the same campaign name for other mediums. You can expect a 4 percent click-through rate (four clicks on your bit.ly link out of 100 total clicks on that blog or content link) for a well-crafted, valuable, interesting tweet. It's also worth considering leaving the most recognizable part of your name spelled out. And getting me a web page is kind of the most important thing the web does…Every redirect is a one more point of failure, one more domain that can rot, one more server that can go down, one more layer between me and the content. AdFly: Another interesting shortener is AdFly, because it allows you to monetize on your URL shortener. In the sidebar click on Content » Events » Top Events. Check out our review of this fantastic tool to see how it works.