If these names are duplicated it can affect your attribution data's integrity as installs from your owned media are attributed to integrated partners. In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2.
HootSuite ow.ly statistics shows different clicks on links shared through the management system. Don’t worry so much about the whole base64 thing though. Note: As of March 30, 2018, Google's URL shortener is only available to active users, and the data generated by those shortened URLs will only be available until March 2019.
WP.me is the only two-letter .me domain in the world. The process must be fast, not handle clicks which have been deactivated by other processes and ensure links work even if the Analytics event fails.
A real-time dashboard with traffic analytics and referrer data shows how many people shared and clicked your links. bit.ly is a free service. Your web hosting service provider will have a firewall to protect sites from virus and malware. The process takes a little work, but it’s worth it if you want have a more professional edge with your URLs.
Starting October 12, 2010, users could automatically generate QR codes that, when scanned with a mobile QR code reader, automatically directed users to shortened links.[9] This was later removed.[10] On May 29, 2012, Bitly announced "Bitmarks", a new search feature, with enhanced public profiles and an iPhone app.[11] Alternative domains[edit] .ly is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Libya. For instance, if you pass , the server will add a trailing slash. Owned media is often a great source for abundant (and mostly free) traffic, but it's equally important to track and measure it properly, to get more installs and better engagements from your new users. Activate the Google URL Shortener API in the Google API Console. (If the API isn't listed in the API Console, then skip this step.) When your application needs access to user data, it asks Google for a particular scope of access. Instead, they create a “tracking link” that will act as a redirect to the actual landing page or website URL. Quotas By default, your registered project gets 1,000,000 requests per day for the URL Shortener API (see the Developers console for more details).