If you are using something else, then please share that in the comments below.Affiliate tracking links in HasOffers generate click sessions and begin the attribution process for conversions. 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. If it's not available, you'll need to locate a registrar who handles the domain extension in question. In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2. Once you are set, you can now view cool stats and detailed charts of your links (e.g. unique and non-unique clicks). For more information on each partner, check out the Special Partners Guide.
On the desktop and mobile you can click the share icon that should resemble the share icon shown in the picture below. When you or Sailthru includes a link in your email to example.com/item/123, your email recipients will instead receive a link URL beginning with link.example.com and ending in a tracking code. Wait for Tags: If you want, you can delay the opening of a link until the tag has fired. Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private.
However, there are many instances where you or your publisher may want to keep track of additional information. Add X-Robots-Tag to my short links for granular control over how Google makes content available through search results. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. Interestingly, that same infographic suggests that posting shortened URLs later in the week will give them a “longer lifespan”, clicking many days after it was posted. On this page enter your Google Analytics tracking ID and click the Save button.
Unfortunately, the data would be so inconsistent as to be unreliable. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Before you send your campaign, make a note of these unique IDs so you'll know which Google Analytics title goes with which combination of your campaign.
By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. But otherwise, the free account is useful enough for comprehensive link tracking. Click the copy icon to copy the link to the clipboard. With Twitter, you just have to be as simple and short as possible. In other words, www is arbitrary and no different than any other subdomain. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. 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. This can result in URLs that are hundreds of characters long and that contain complex character patterns.