Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private. If you can't find a link here, try the Wikipedia list of TLDs. With TinyURL, you can actually customize the end letters and numbers as an option. Macro Name: element url hostname Macro Type: Custom Javascript Custom Javascript: Caveats If you have a Google Analytics Premium account, note that this will increase the # of events for you site.
For example, the URL "" can be shortened to "", and the URL "" can be shortened to "". Configure short link HTTP status codes for best SEO results. Autotrack uses events to track outbound link clicks and sets the event label to the link's URL. You should add this script in your page header, but not within the basic Analytics tracking code snippet. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system.
I'm sure there are also better ways this can be done, so if you have your own way of doing it please leave me some comments below!Home Knowledge Can Google Analytics Track Link Clicks? Custom domain URL shorteners for personal or professional link branding and tracking. They can hide their nefarious links in a shortened URL meaning people either clicked on the links and quickly learned to either never trust a shortened link, or to always use a link extraction site (e.g. WhereDoesThisLinkGo) to see where the shortened link actually went before they clicked. Example: link UPDATE The above is for the older version of the API - ga.js.
Before You Start Click tracking is enabled in all MailChimp campaigns by default, and is required in all free accounts and new paid accounts. 2Segmenting users dynamically with Campaign Structure Parameters Campaign Structure Parameters are a set of labels that you can add to your URL in order to create new subtrackers. When the IShellLink::Resolve method is called and the referent file cannot be found, for example, when the user activates a shell shortcut, the tracking service is called automatically to find the file. Google has possibly started this process for you but the tracking code must be updated on your website pages. What's more, distributed bunches of substance in different way. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 18 May 2011 More Revision 357: Removed: piurl.com, tr.im, kl.am; Added: min.ms, mrte.ch, v.gd; Thanks.
Shortcomings[edit] Short URLs often circumvent the intended use of top-level domains for indicating the country of origin; domain registration in many countries requires proof of physical presence within that country, although a redirected URL has no such guarantee. This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey. Copy • 9 months ago 24 Clicks Totally Around Merchant Marine... To track only the HTML version of your campaign, and not the plain-text version, you can create a custom tracking code using Google's resources and add it to the HTML of your campaign. Creative Files When creative files have been added to an offer, the offer's Generate Tracking panel will have an additional item labeled Creative. When you select a creative file from the dropdown menu, your tracking link is appended with the following parameter: file_id This parameter also appears in the standalone tracking link to track the performance of the creative in the stats reports: Deep Links If you have the custom deep link feature enabled for an offer, you can set a custom redirect URL to use instead of using one of the existing landing page URLs set in the offer already. By doing this, they can centralize all their landing pages in one tracking application, and make changes instantly without having to go back to the websites or pages. If a link is never used on the internet or shared publicly then it doesn't exist in a cyber sense. Open the Universal Links settings page in My Sailthru under Setup > Universal Links. Failure to predict such problems with URL shorteners and investment in URL shortening companies may reflect a lack of due diligence.[26] Blocking and banning[edit] Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted. Generate Creative Code If you've added creative assets to the offer, there will be a dropdown menu below the tracking link where you can select the desired creative: When the creative is selected, the generated creative ad tag code for the publisher and offer appears in a new text box. All thats left is to simply copy this tracking URL and send it off to the respective network to let them do their work!! It is more focused on what happens once a visitor comes to your site.Link tracking is what seperates the men from the boys in online advertising.