Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. Using Link Shorteners That seems like an overpowering list of reasons to not use a link shortener, but is it? According to Tonic Corporation, the registry for .to domains, it is "very serious about keeping domains spam free" and may remove URL shortening services from their registry if the service is abused.[21] In addition, "u.nu" made the following announcement upon closing operations: The last straw came on September 3, 2010, when the server was disconnected without notice by our hosting provider in response to reports of a number of links to child pornography sites. If your website has thousands of backlinks, you can forget about physically sitting down and tracking each link. Add &projection=FULL to the API URL, like this: curl '' If successful, the response will look like: { "kind": "urlshortener#url", "id": "", "longUrl": "", "status": "OK", "created": "2009-12-13T07:22:55.
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If you're driving internal pay-per-click traffic and want to pass the cost per click through the tracking link, you can use the following parameter: payout To enable this feature, go to Company > Customize Application > Settings > Tracking. Also, a custom domain might improve the amount of clicks your link receives. According to RadiumOne, URL shorteners that offer vanity domains can increase sharing up to 25 percent. So go ahead and add it in your SEO toolbox and use it frequently.Pinterest Stumbleupon Whatsapp Email Advertisement Web analytics is important to keep track of your websites. Tracking Links to your PDF Using Open Site Explorer you can take the full URL of your PDF and drop it directly into the search bar and click search.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. 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). Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. Click tracking in Sailthru is done through your link subdomain. Your link stats will also be public if you use this service. In the input box that appears, enter a placeholder value for your publisher so they know where to replace values. This will bring up: A) All linking root domains that are pointing to your PDF B) The page they are linking from C) The domain authority of their site. Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it. Such URLs are difficult to memorize, type-out or distribute. A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages. For example, a standard tracking link like: shortens to something like: You can also append unencrypted parameters to a shortened URL.