This article is part of our HasOffers Basics series. Before you send your campaign, make a note of these unique IDs so you'll know which Google Analytics title goes with which combination of your campaign. Go to Admin > Edit Posts, hover over the post link, look at the status bar, the number at the end of the URL is the post ID. Currently, most URL shortener services also offer the same feature, but Bitly remains popular as it has a professional look interface. Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them.
Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk. Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it. This is something you’ll often hear from link shortener detractors.
This will bring up: A) All linking root domains that are pointing to your PDF B) The page they are linking from C) The domain authority of their site. Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes. You can’t deny the usefulness of them with social media (especially Twitter) and the additional layer of analytics you can get on your links. This doesn’t change the way the PDF document is displayed or downloaded by your users.
Bitly may be the authoritative champ of URL shorteners in the Twitterverse (before t.co / Twitter was propelled a year ago), however Redirecting has analytics covered. How do you view your shortened links in HootSuite? Also, the tracking service does not recognize a new NTFS file system volume until the system is re-booted.
When you schedule a link Tweet via Hootsuite, you can shorten the link to an owl.ly link. owl.ly/0a0b0c0 Google: As always, Google has something for you too. With this information, you should be able to judge if a site linking to your website is a valid site or not. If the http protocol isn’t visible in the navigation bar, copy and paste the link and it should appear. It’s also popular so a lot of people recognize that a Bitly link is a shortened link and don’t automatically think it’s spam. More » Goo.gl Here’s Google’s very own URL shortener, which is a popular choice that’s useful for just getting the job done as quickly as possible. When you are using HootSuite, you can shorten any URL to an ow.ly or ht.ly link. And if I was using Twitter.com to Tweet as I sometimes do, then I wouldn’t use one, I’d just let Twitter shorten it. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. On the Setup step, provide a title for the email in the Google Analytics title for email field. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. It works almost immediately and you can shorten as much as you want, anytime. Vanity Links You can make custom vanity links with any premium account. Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it.