Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. Then, along came some Google algorithm updates and the Penguin put an end to it all. For example, the URL "" can be shortened to "", and the URL "" can be shortened to "". You can always view clicks over a period of 24 hours, a month, and a custom date range.
Creating a shortened page slug is simple in WordPress. If you are using something else, then please share that in the comments below.Tracking Link Clicks How to track the number of times a link is clicked using the Link Control. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Assign Parameters: Here is where you assign the tag’s Category, Action, and Label. 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.
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. After integrating, any short link which redirects to a web link that you have provided to Google through App Indexing will open automatically in your native app for your users. Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Google won’t be offering classic Google Analytics in the near future. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing.
TinyURL was used by early bloggers before many of these other services were around. To view the report Overview for a campaign, follow these steps.
If you need short links for different websites, you can manage many domains in your account. In this example, we’re creating tag that tracks any click on an email address. Note that you must encode any placeholders, including the curly brackets ({ }), that you add to your redirect URLs, e.g., {campaign_name} becomes %7Bcampaign_name%7D. For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". Otherwise, users may see a security warning in their browser when visiting your emailed links. Click the name of the report you want to work with. Although the earnings are small, it can certainly add up if you can attract a lot of clicks.