You can add parameters that help track certain campaigns or store values from an affiliate's tracking system. Some flows include additional steps, such as using refresh tokens to acquire new access tokens. If you set Use Google Analytics? to “Yes”, then all links will add special utm parameters that will allow you to identify traffic coming from emails in Google Analytics. In your Bitly account settings, you can, among other things, create a custom short domain name for your Bitly links. Type any message that you want to add to the link into the text input field. In this case, each character in the sequence will be 0, 1, 2, ..., 9, a, b, c, ..., y, z.
By clicking on the toolbar button, a TinyURL will be created for the page you are currently at. You'll also get detailed statistics for every link when you sign up for an account, and you're paid via PayPal for payouts as low as $5. More » Bit.do Bit.do is another great alternative that's both simple and powerful. Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. But, as Matt Cutts says in this video, the page rank and anchor text will flow through the shortened link and that there shouldn’t be any harm in using them…as long as the URL shortener is using a 301 redirect.
The SEO issue isn’t an issue, according to Google’s Matt Cutts. Don’t worry so much about the whole base64 thing though. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). We can't make custom URLs available to members upon request. Please note: anyone with a t.co shortened link will be able to navigate to the destination URL.
For example, a bad campaign name would be "Winter 2009 email" because email is the medium, and it restricts your ability to reuse the same campaign name for other mediums. Then reconnect with the same interested audience when my sequel is ready to be released.
Often the redirect domain name is shorter than the original one. You can also copy the link and paste it into a new window. Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "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. You may still want to track your URLs to see how well your tweets are performing. In the Settings & Tracking section of the Campaign Builder, click Edit. Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the box to disable click tracking. Abuse[edit] URL shortening may be utilized by spammers or for illicit internet activities. Transnational law[edit] Shortened internet links typically use foreign country domain names, and are therefore under the jurisdiction of that nation. 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. On Bitly, click the “Info Page +” link to view statistics. Custom public profile URLs are available on a first come, first served basis. It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WP.com-hosted ones. Ow.ly is a link shortening option that is part of the Hootsuite service. So if you have a page at , you can use the URL and going to this URL will forward the visitor to the page in your website.