Don't use spaces, symbols, or special characters. 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. The customized bit.ly version allows you to use your own domain name for branded short links which can be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co. Shortening a long address or URL Some web pages may have a long URL that can present problems when it is pasted into another program, especially an e-mail. Parts of a URL Note that www. is only a subdomain.
You can also log into your Buffer account on the web or by downloading the mobile app to track your analytics and see how many clicks that your links have gotten. You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 359: + Added feature: include title when posting to Twitter/StatusNet Thanks. Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it.
Here are some guidelines: Campaign Name This field should contain some of the most specific information about what kind of email this is. If you’re not tracking your links, you’re probably leaving tons of money on the table, spending more than you can afford, and struggling to keep up with dozens of online marketing campaigns. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. For example, if you run campaigns with Network-X, all users that come from Network-X are grouped under the tracker Network-X Installs. If a link is never used on the internet or shared publicly then it doesn't exist in a cyber sense.
A link shortening service is a middleman, serving up a link that sits between your user and the end result. Real time link editing means a quick edit is all it takes to instantly shift customers to a new landing page. Check Enable OneLink to convert the custom tracking link to OneLink, while retaining all the added parameters to the link. This UA code can be found next to your website’s profile in Google Analytics Dashboard.
If you would like to read more from me, follow me Quora Vijay Gaur Disclosure : I co-own BrandNshout .com,a Digital marketing and Branding company. This appends one of the two following parameters to the tracking link: url_id random_url When the url_id parameter is added to the tracking link, the numerical ID value references the ID of an additional offer URL in the offer that the affiliate can redirect traffic to: If there is more than one offer URL added in the offer, there will also be an option to select a random URL from the list. In the example above we have created a link to be shared on Twitter, as a tweet. utm_source parameter identifies the source of traffic this could be a site, a social media network, newsletter, app, etc. A link converted by Twitter’s link service is checked against a list of potentially dangerous sites. When you schedule a link Tweet via Hootsuite, you can shorten the link to an owl.ly link. owl.ly/0a0b0c0 Google: As always, Google has something for you too. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. Twitter.com: The truth is that the best URL shortener for Twitter is the one that’s built into Twitter. To improve report performance and data aggregation, HasOffers uses different parameters for unique and non-unique values. For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above. As another example, Google can't crawl and index the links inside of your Tinycc account. For example, here's what is returned if you call the shorten method without specifying a long URL: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "required", "message": "Required", "locationType": "parameter", "location": "resource.longUrl" } ], "code": 400, "message": "Required" } } reason specifies the error reason.