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. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case).
But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. If you change your mind, you want your structure to adapt. Google has additional means of collecting data: you can gather a lot of statistics when you own the top browser and search engine! An index of all object IDs is stored on the volume. Google URL Shortener: This shortener is straight from Google and will be viewed as a Goo(dot)gl.
Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity. Unfortunately, the data would be so inconsistent as to be unreliable.
Follow these steps: 1. Make sure you aren’t tracking your events in Eventbrite using the ‘Classical Google Analytics tool’. It will track the links, but you will still need to use the 'Link Tracker' utility provided by smallseotools.com to examine the links and verify them. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now. In this case you can use Google’s Disavow Link tool in Google Webmaster Tools to let Google know that you don’t approve of that link.
Determines unique and non-unique click distribution. The macro below will allow you to grab just the hostname from the outbound URL. You can freely plan and organize your tracker structure in the way that best suits your analysis and campaigns. Create a single responsive short link to direct readers and split into two targets based on their operating system (e.g. When someone pastes this shorter URL in their browser, they are initially directed to the Bitly site. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 26 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 26, 2011 Thanks.