On other such services, using a URL shortener can allow linking to web pages which would otherwise violate this constraint. Note: As of March 30, 2018, Google's URL shortener is only available to active users, and the data generated by those shortened URLs will only be available until March 2019.
Just keep in mind that there are a couple more characters in this option as compared to others like Bit.ly, Goo.gl and Ow.ly, so it's not exactly the shortest URL shortener.Business Marketing Social Media Marketing How to Shorten URLs on Twitter How to Shorten URLs on Twitter Even if you are marketing on Twitter, not everything you tweet is going to point to a blog, let alone your blog. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 3 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 3, 2011 Thanks. 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. The service includes all the custom bit.ly features plus real-time information about the page you are “shrinking.” You can also track clicks to the page and how many times that page was shared and by how many people.
Link shortening service vb.ly was shut down back in 2010 by Libya, which leads to the problematic fact of link shortening: you depend upon a third-party service to deliver visitors through your shortened links. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 5 Dec 2012 More Have you voted on changes? Click tracking in Sailthru is done through your link subdomain.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 12 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 12, 2011 Thanks. This field should be used to compare broad categories of marketing you do (or may do in the future), like emails, cpc ads, postcards, etc. On Bitly, click the “Info Page +” link to view statistics. In other words, if you can discover which half of your advertising isn’t working, you can focus only on the half that is working, you can literally double your profits.
A good baseline is to expect at least a few dozen users on any given tracker. Example for event tracking using the newer API: