This can be done online, at the web pages of a URL shortening service; to do it in batch or on demand may require the use of an API. Since longer URLs can be so cumbersome to copy and paste without looking strange with line breaks, why should we ever use longer URLs? There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks.
Some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. Its popularity influenced the creation of at least 100 similar websites,[9] although most are simply domain alternatives. The permalinks you use in WordPress can be ideally created to be as short as possible.
For more information about OLE links, see IOleLink. In order for this to be enabled, you must integrate with App Indexing for Android and iOS.
Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. For more information on how to set up Google Analytics tracking manually, take a look at Google's help pages for URL building and tagging your links.
When clicking the link, Sailthru tracks the click and quickly redirects the user to the applicable page on your site, example.com/item/123. See how that one event isn’t named correctly, so it shows as undefined? Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. OneLink™ Custom tracking links are app specific, which always direct clicking users to the page of the app that is specified on the tracking link. How often do you get that kind of data from printed marketing? Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. This means using JohnSmith, johnsmith, or johnSmith will all point to the same profile. Real-time Reporting Every account (even the free one) gets access to the heart and soul of our tracking system - the line item report. This point was underscored a few days ago when a popular one, tr.im, announced they were going to shut down at the end of the year.