Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. Creating the External Link Tracker The last step is to send the link click event, along with the anchor text and URL, to Google Universal Analytics.
Hootsuite users will see their links shortened, but non-Hootsuite users can also use the shortener. Although the earnings are small, it can certainly add up if you can attract a lot of clicks. In other words, www is arbitrary and no different than any other subdomain. Just make a link to or use the following code to make a URL input box: Terms of use TinyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier, and may only be used for actual URLs. 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.
A few well-known websites have set up their own URL shortening services for their own use – for example, Twitter with t.co, and Google with goo.gl. It depends on how the backlink has been set up on the website.
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using rel=shortlink. Any information in this field gets reported in the Keywords report under Traffic Sources, alongside all the search engine traffic. Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. 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.But, the good news is, the one I am gonna share below is as secure as possible. Once the call is complete, it can run a callback function so we can redirect to the outbound page. You need to make sure tag manager associates the event with this tag. This code defines the tracking action and delays loading of the outbound link by 100 milliseconds so that Google Analytics can track the click: Insert this code in addition to the standard Google Analytics tracking code for the page. The Reddit community strongly discourages – and in some subreddits, outright bans – URL shortening services for link submissions, because they disguise the origin domain name and whether the link has previously been submitted to Reddit, and there are few or no legitimate reasons to use link shorteners for Reddit link submissions.[29] [edit] Sites such as Adf.ly use a number of advertising techniques, including interstitial advertising, to generate revenue. This automatic behavior provides the best possible experience to your app users who open goo.gl links, no matter what platform or device they are on. However, you need to be aware that all Goo.gl URLs, as well as click analytics are public. Tracking ID You can either manually type your unique Google Analytics ID into this field (ex: UA-########-1) or use a convenient macro that plugs this in for you. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. To improve report performance and data aggregation, HasOffers uses different parameters for unique and non-unique values. Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites. Determines unique and non-unique click distribution. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Can generate transcribable short links in printed brochures for publicity events.