Twitter even lets you schedule Tweets now ... sort of. Finally, URL shortening sites provide detailed information on the clicks a link receives, which can be simpler than setting up an equally powerful server-side analytics engine, and unlike the latter, does not require any access to the server. For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. Another simple one, you just paste it in and go. goo.gl/0a0b0c0 Then there are the ones that people hook up to autofeed into their Twitter accounts, and most of those come with their own shorteners. You can test that the certificate files were successfully processed by using one of your Hosted Pages. The new shortened link would be like goo.gl/htsl Clicking on the shortened link immediately takes you to the same long address.
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. Unless you want to track URLs, you have no need to run to an outside website in order to make your URLs smaller, Twitter only counts links for a certain number of characters now. Finally, Event Tracking employs an object-oriented model that you can use to collect and classify different types of interaction with your web page objects.
The Google Analytics account has to be set up and configured before the tracked campaign is sent. By tracking those links, you can find which one is working the best.
Before we go any further, you must upgrade to Universal Analytics. UA code is the unique identifier for each Analytics account you create. It is better because Provides more quick witted Analytics Let you utilize own area Login is not compulsory Add-ons and modules for famous services and programming's Privatize the abbreviated URLs Brilliant sharing Ability to package a cluster of URLs.
3. Tinyurl.com Most internet users (including me) thought that Bitly is the first ever URL shortener. Web PR enthusiast Steve Rubel shared this tip, directly from bit.ly's management, on his personal stream site, and it's a good one. URLs encoded in two-dimensional barcodes such as QR code are often shortened by a URL shortener in order to reduce the printed area of the code, or allow printing at lower density in order to improve scanning reliability. Abuse[edit] URL shortening may be utilized by spammers or for illicit internet activities. Without tracking those metrics, how do you know which method is working the best? UA code is the unique identifier for each Analytics account you create.