A uniform resource locator (URL) is registered with a server. Real time link editing means a quick edit is all it takes to instantly shift customers to a new landing page.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. You should use the one that’s right for your use case, but below is what I typically use on this site. Example: South Park Studios uses cart.mn to recreate, in a shortened form, the name of one of its most well known characters.
Once you have changed your URL for the fifth time, you won't be able to change it for another six months. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL.
And though it is unlikely that Bit.ly will be shut down, they are still a middleman. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better.
That limits your ability to do roll-up and drill-down reporting. This code defines the tracking action and delays loading of the outbound link by 100 milliseconds so that Google Analytics can track the click: Insert this code in addition to the standard Google Analytics tracking code for the page. And though it is unlikely that Bit.ly will be shut down, they are still a middleman. In the sidebar click on Content » Events » Top Events. With a premium account you can track unlimited clicks and we'll keep the data for a full 30 days. You need to be signed in to your bit.ly account before you can enter tracking data for the link. Of course, you could also just fetch and inspect the Location header in the response, but using the API has two advantages: It won't update the short URL's click stats, so you can fetch a bunch of long URLs without worrying about messing up analytics.