Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly. How often do you get that kind of data from printed marketing?
See the URL list method in the Reference document for more details. Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. It is highly recommended to enable if you are using Google Analytics on your site. Click the blue “Post” button to add the link to your page. It will also check if the site is live on the internet. When using Google Analytics to track your link, the most common setup is to have the Javascript tracking code for Google Analytics placed on a page where your contacts visit.
Answers blocks postings that contain TinyURLs,[citation needed] and Wikipedia does not accept links by any URL shortening services in its articles. When your campaign arrives in recipients' inboxes, the plain-text click tracking will look something like this example. In the background, Analytics sends data by requesting an image beacon. Every web page or resource is specified by a unique URL, which means the internet consists of billions of URLs.
Wait for Tags: If you want, you can delay the opening of a link until the tag has fired. We then redirect the user to the destination URL. The more clicks you get on your AdF.ly links, the more money you earn. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. At the top of the post creation area where you are working on your draft, you can change the slug. In 2011, the bit.ly address was set to redirect to bitly.com.[clarification needed] The .ly TLD is controlled by the Libyan government, which has previously removed one domain deemed incompatible with Muslim law.[12] Any shortened URL generated with bitly can also be accessed by replacing that domain with any one of the following: bitly.com j.mp (registered to bitly, and using the top-level domain of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States). If done properly you should have "" on the above box. Some URL shorteners offer a time-limited service, which will expire after a specified period. Add Campaign name and any other parameter (optional): Add the name of the campaign to differentiate between the different creatives you are running with that specific owned media source. Effectively making the same web page available under more than one address - both the original (long address) and the Tiny address. They click on a link, and they get redirected to their intended destination. What’s really great is you don’t have to add any of your own custom javascript. Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search.