That just means that each number from one to 18,014,398,509,481,984 can be encoded in the combination of nine characters Instagram uses in its URL, and the characters are 0 to 9, uppercase A - Z, lowercase a - z and two other characters (usually a + and a /, although Instagram probably uses a - and a _ if it uses 64 characters instead of 62). You just need the Tracking ID that starts with "UA-." If you’ve transferred your property and didn’t set up a new one, you can find your Tracking ID in your Google Analytics Account under Admin > Tracking Info > Tracking Code.
After pasting the link, select the SHORTEN URL button. 6. As I said, that reference number is unique to your Instagram post, and 18 quadrillion is easily going to be sufficient for all those food photos people post there.
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. Aside from the custom domains that you can use with the premium option, you can also view campaign comparison charts, download the data as an excel file, filter clicks data, and much more. Find related extensions in the Utilities collection. Upgrade to a premium account for more advanced features. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. Use remarketing links to repeatedly get my brands in front of interested eyeballs.
Autotrack uses events to track outbound link clicks and sets the event label to the link's URL. Many people use URL shorteners when they share links to private content, and in fact many web services like Google Maps have offered automatic generation of shortened links for driving directions that reveal personal information like home addresses and sensitive destinations like "clinics for specific diseases (including cancer and mental diseases), addiction treatment centers, abortion providers, correctional and juvenile detention facilities, payday and car-title lenders, gentlemen’s clubs, etc."[34][35] Additional layer of complexity[edit] Short URLs, although making it easier to access what might otherwise be a very long URL or user-space on an ISP server, add an additional layer of complexity to the process of retrieving web pages.
You can also freely modify trackers to redirect to other locations, dynamically redirect to different locations, or accept extended data from the network. Clickmeter can also be used as a URL-shortening tool with advanced click-tracking. Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites. Export your data to Excel, text, PDF or XML for paid accounts. Authenticate your Google Analytics profile or enter UA-Code manually. To view stats for your custom campaigns go to Google Analytics Reporting » Traffic » Sources » Campaigns and you will see something like this. Before you move on, let me let you know that twitter blocks a lot of link shortening services and has since flag them negatively. This will receive an clicked-link events as they bubble up through the DOM.