Google has additional means of collecting data: you can gather a lot of statistics when you own the top browser and search engine! In this way you can laser-focus only in the right direction, optimise the monetization and dominate your niche market. Object Identifiers The link tracking service maintains its link to an object by using an object identifier (ID). This is the programmatic side of the web site at goo.gl. Link Tracking Features Link tracking functionality is primarily implemented in the form of the following two system services: Distributed Link Tracking Client Distributed Link Tracking Server Distributed Link Tracking Client The distributed link tracking client runs on all computers, and manages the link tracking activities for that computer.
You can access detailed campaign click stats from the report Overview, the Click Performance, and the Clicked pages in the campaign report. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. You can turn click tracking on and off in paid accounts after you've sent a few campaigns without generating any compliance issues. TinyURL tries to disable spam-related links from redirecting.[30] ZoneAlarm, however, has warned its users: "TinyURL may be unsafe.
I think this was due largely to the fact that as momentum built and people discovered their friends were all going, tickets skyrocketed. This is something you’ll often hear from link shortener detractors. But, as Matt Cutts says in this video, the page rank and anchor text will flow through the shortened link and that there shouldn’t be any harm in using them…as long as the URL shortener is using a 301 redirect. If you want a more granular approach too, use the "Just-Discovered" tab to see brand new links that are pointing to your PDF. The SEO issue isn’t an issue, according to Google’s Matt Cutts. 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.
This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. But the details of how to do this are well out of the scope of this article. The website is just as basic it was when it launched, but it does the deed.
There are security implications, and obsolete short URLs remain in existence and may be circulated long after they cease to point to a relevant or even extant destination. With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. In this article we’ll discover how to add outbound link tracking. Use insights from tracking reports to understand who my customers are, spot product micro trends and ratchet up results on the next campaign. The need for this came about when one of our Healthcare Marketing clients needed to track the actual impact their PDFs were having on their organic search volume, and traffic in general. 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. Easily manage multiple brands and business lines from one Tinycc account. In those cases, you can add the following parameters to your affiliate tracking link for your publisher to provide more data: Source & Affiliate Sub IDs Some of the most commonly used parameters are the traffic source and affiliate sub ID parameters: source aff_sub aff_sub2 aff_sub3 aff_sub4 aff_sub5 These parameters are used to store non-unique session information from the affiliate’s tracking system that they want passed back on conversion. Note: If you will implement HSTS on your primary domain only, allowing your link domain to remain accessible via HTTP, the following actions are not needed.