Many extensions are available from companies you already use for domain registration — such as Hover. If you're comfortable with Web hosting and setting up simple PHP and mySQL applications, there are several free scripts you can use to set up a URL shortener on your own server, giving you much more control.
In your WordPress dashboard in Settings > Permalinks you can choose which format you’d like your permalinks to be. Then reconnect with the same interested audience when my sequel is ready to be released.
Services available include an ordinary, easy-to-say word as the URL with a lifetime from 5 minutes up to 24 hours, creation of a URL which will expire on a specified date or after a specified period, creation of a very-short-lived URL of only 5 characters for typing into a smartphone, restriction by the creator of the total number of uses of the URL, and password protection. Not only is this good for link shortening, but it is also good for SEO. On 14 August 2009 WordPress announced the wp.me URL shortener for use when referring to any WordPress.com blog post.[11] In November 2009, shortened links on bit.ly were accessed 2.
And as with YouTube, if that limit was hit, they just have to add another number, which raises the limit to 1,152,921,504,606,846,976. With Bitly, you can track how many clicks your shortened links receive, plus bookmark and organize your links on your own personalized Bitly dashboard. Bitly Tools If you think you will be needing an email shortener on a regular basis, you might as well go ahead and register on Bitly‘s site. They offer some convenient tools to make shortening URLs a faster process.
Once you’ve mapped out your plan, then you can start creating tags. Take the tracker ID of the second tracker and add it to the end, separating it with an underscore. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. They also allow you to track your links and provide you with the ability to understand and visualise your audience. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. 0 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} ryback888 in Product Reviews Anyone had experience with Simon Harries product called Affilliate Funnel Clones? 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.