This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. When a user clicks on a link that is being listened to, Google Tag Manager fires off a gtm.linkClick event.
Social media dashboard and notifications keeps me on top of what people are saying online about our brands. Creating the External Link Tracker The last step is to send the link click event, along with the anchor text and URL, to Google Universal Analytics. This should not contain information already in the campaign name or medium fields. Before you can configure ad-hoc link tracking, the following configurations must have already been implemented: The SiteCatalyst framework is configured to enable ad-hoc link tracking. It is a legitimate concern that many existing URL shortening services may not have a sustainable business model in the long term.[12] In late 2009, the Internet Archive started the "301 Works" projects,[25] together with twenty collaborating companies (initially), whose short URLs will be preserved by the project.[12] The URL shortening service ur1.ca provides its entire database as a file download, so if its website stops working, other websites may be able to provide ways to correct broken links to URLs shortened with its service. You’ll play a “prove you’re human” game before your shortened link is produced.
STEP 1: Create a Link Click Listener Tag Note: This step is not required any more with newer versions of Tag Manager. We want tracking to work everywhere so I recommend using a library with robust cross-browser event handling. The volume that holds the link source file is moved to another computer within the same domain. With a premium account you can track unlimited clicks and we'll keep the data for a full 30 days. Here’s Tom Scott to explain why YouTube will probably never run out of IDs.
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3. Tinyurl.com Most internet users (including me) thought that Bitly is the first ever URL shortener. It's also worth considering leaving the most recognizable part of your name spelled out. For example, if you are working with an affiliate network and want to track publisher IDs, these are usually the smallest grouping. It will track the links, but you will still need to use the 'Link Tracker' utility provided by smallseotools.com to examine the links and verify them. And though it is unlikely that Bit.ly will be shut down, they are still a middleman. As far as I know, that shorter version will link to your original URL for as long as it exists on the net. Undo Undo Shorten links ! @sqrl_in 1 Mar 2010 More Shorten, share, comment and track your links ! via Thanks. Links shared on Twitter, including links shared in Direct Messages, will automatically be processed and shortened to an link. How many retweets and shares, demographics and popularity of your links.