You can copy a long URL and paste it in the URL text box of Bitly.com. Hover over the open or click percentage for any sent campaign to see the number of opens or clicks. Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now. For example, the URL "" can be shortened to "", and the URL "" can be shortened to "". These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case).
You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. The last condition is to make sure that we don’t include any absolute URLs that belong to the domain we’re on. Tagging your emails like this will give insight into how your emails compare to other types of marketing, how specific messages work across all mediums, which types of links work best in your emails, etc. Generate Tracking Link: Copy the link and use it in your newsletter e-mail. Tip You don't need to use this page every time you need to create a custom tracking link. Click the title of the email you want to work with. 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.
Organize all my important digital resources with easy to remember, keyword-rich short links. Type any message that you want to add to the link into the text input field. Some ad campaigns may be super profitable, but the unprofitable ones eventually cause you to bleed. On the desktop and mobile you can click the share icon that should resemble the share icon shown in the picture below. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. Privacy and security[edit] A short URL obscures the target address and can be used to redirect to an unexpected site.
In this case you definitely want to use Bitly‘s customize feature, in which you can add a name or tag to a shortened URL to make it more recognizable. Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now. Also, a custom domain might improve the amount of clicks your link receives. According to RadiumOne, URL shorteners that offer vanity domains can increase sharing up to 25 percent. You need to categorize each link in each email so that the information reported is useful. It's usually a good idea to announce, on any of your social media services you plan to use the shortener on, that you'll be shortening links through a custom domain form now on just so users feel comfortable clicking the links.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 29 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 29, 2011 Thanks. In order to get your domain short enough to be effective as a URL shortener, you may want to consider these tips: Removing vowels: This is an effective way to shortener your organization's name and still making it easy to understand. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. As another example, Google can't crawl and index the links inside of your Tinycc account. If so, you may use the same campaign name for some of your emails, cpc ads and banner ads so that you can get a sense of how well the overall campaign is performing. Lists of links It's easy to save and share lists of interesting links, with the list of links feature. Requests to the Google URL Shortener API for non-public user data must be authorized by an authenticated user. In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create. It does not allow for a custom domain at this time. You can then create tags that wait for the gtm.linkClick event to happen, and perform additional tasks (like the external link tracker tag described below). note: There are a number of tagging strategies. You rely on this provider to keep your link viable into the future. Find the Unique Web ID for Each Version of a Campaign For A/B Testing Campaigns that test content, each combination of the campaign will have a different web ID.