The service includes all the custom bit.ly features plus real-time information about the page you are “shrinking.” You can also track clicks to the page and how many times that page was shared and by how many people. Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it. Adding tracking directly to your site If you have added the Analytics tracking code directly to your site, you can copy and paste the script below into your own pages to set up Event tracking for outbound links.
STEP 2: Create Tags for Tracking Individual Links You can create tags to track lots of different link clicks: – Email addresses – PDF and file downloads – Social media profiles – All external links, or – Just the most *important* external links – Important calls to action (ex: “Register Now”) – Etc., etc…. We can use event tracking to record outbound links but there are a number hurdles to overcome: the event must be recorded on all browsers and not impede navigation we should not need to manually identify or attach separate handlers to every outbound link, and we must ensure the event is recorded before the outbound page starts to load. In some cases, the political or cultural aspects of the country in charge of the top-level domain may become an issue for users and owners,[4] but this is not usually the case.
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However, if it's a direct link to a resource like a document or PDF or JPG, to track this link when using Google Analytics you may need some custom tracking methods setup on your server to track that particular link to your resource. If you need quick and dirty link shortening, maybe Bitly is then the best for you. In the “Auto-Append Link Parameters” field write the new or current parameter with its respective value, such as utm_medium=MorningEmail You can turn on this setting independent of the Link Tracking setting. If you use an affiliate plugin to format your affiliate links into something like this then you will have to enable tracking of internal links as outbound links.
Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. Well in this article, we will show you how to track links in WordPress using Google Analytics. One of the reasons why people love using Bitly is that it allows users to create a custom shortened URL. If the shorthand link is found to be associated with a URL, the URL is fetched, otherwise an error message is returned.[7] The patent was filed in September 2000; while the patent was issued in 2005, US patent applications are made public within 18 months of filing. Yourls is a way to homebrew your own shortened links so that you don’t have to rely on that middleman.