The distributed link tracking service also attempts to maintain links in the preceding situations even when they do not occur within a domain, that is, they are cross domain or within a workgroup. We will show you how you can enable automatic tracking of all outbound links in Google Analytics with WordPress. It frees up valuable real estate in social messages. He tracked seven 301 redirects before he got to the actual URL destination. Replace: Consider using letters or numbers in place of words.
See the URL insert method in the Reference document for more details. When used this way, all user activity on such elements is calculated and displayed as Events in the Analytics reporting interface. How Click Tracking Looks in Plain-Text Campaigns To track a click, the original URL has to be replaced with one that points to our servers and redirects to the destination URL. Short.cm also provides an API for developers and Google Chrome extension for better experience.
Bit.ly, which is what we integrate with in CoSchedule, uses a 301 redirect. In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from. Tracking File Downloads Configure the Adobe Analytics framework so that files that are downloaded from associated pages are automatically tracked as downloads in Adobe Analytics.
Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. This will receive an clicked-link events as they bubble up through the DOM. Advantages of Using Your Own Domain URLs: Promote your site (branding): when people retweet, your domain will fly around. This can result in URLs that are hundreds of characters long and that contain complex character patterns.
Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity. Head over to the Tools page and you will see instructions for adding a Bitly bookmarklet and/or browser extension to your favorite web browser. It is highly recommended to enable if you are using Google Analytics on your site. White labeling lets me present a positive picture of our company as clients see our agency logo when they login to create URLs. When using Google Analytics to track your link, the most common setup is to have the Javascript tracking code for Google Analytics placed on a page where your contacts visit.