There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. Click the owl head in the upper-left corner of the screen.
You should see the activity in the Analytics Real-Time > Events panel. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 6 Dec 2012 More RT : Our has been extended til Friday! Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. The way out is just the answer to the title of this post.
Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. The comparison continues here: Goo.gl Vs Bitly Best Way To Shorten Urls.Bitly shortens 600 million links per month,[3] for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Its popularity influenced the creation of at least 100 similar websites,[9] although most are simply domain alternatives. The service imports all of your short URLs and stores them and will also take over your URL shortening domain if you decide to close it, ensuring links posted throughout the Internet continue to work.Welcome to TinyURL!™ Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Links could also be added to texts and that will also affect the length.
Is there more than one type of Google Analytics tracking on your links? If you combine MailChimp's Google Analytics tracking with custom UTM tracking, this could skew results in reports. Many sites that accept user-submitted content block links, however, to certain domains in order to cut down on spam, and for this reason, known URL redirection services are often themselves added to spam blacklists. Set the Media Source Name: Either add the name of the media source manually in the box or click one of the tabs (e.g. “Email”). Reporting breaks down by person, location, and device type.
If you’re linking from one site using Analytics to another using Analytics Google could record that relationship. 2) Indirectly - find and click-on links from Google (or other search engine) results. To add such data, just enter it as the “label” parameter to a tracker URL. Once you are set, you can now view cool stats and detailed charts of your links (e.g. unique and non-unique clicks). Links can usually be maintained when the link source is moved to another computer, but this form of tracking is less reliable over time. While your link is legitimate, the link shortening service you’re using could cause it to be blocked. Last clicked The most recent date and time someone clicked a tracked link in your campaign. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. What’s really great is you don’t have to add any of your own custom javascript. Some ad campaigns may be super profitable, but the unprofitable ones eventually cause you to bleed. What's more, distributed bunches of substance in different way. The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page.