As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". This results in registration of different URL shorteners with a myriad of different countries, leaving no relation between the country where the domain has been registered and the URL shortener itself or the shortened links. You can then create tags that wait for the gtm.linkClick event to happen, and perform additional tasks (like the external link tracker tag described below). note: There are a number of tagging strategies. Additionally, Bit.do also allows you to set a custom short URL without having to create any account. It’s a free platform for scheduling and managing Tweets, like Tweetdeck.
Wait for Tags: If you want, you can delay the opening of a link until the tag has fired. If you haven’t yet, upgrade from classic to Universal Google Analytics. 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.
For example, to shorten the URL , send the following request: POST Content-Type: application/json {"longUrl": ""} For instance, you could issue the following curl command: curl \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"longUrl": ""}' If successful, the response will look like: { "kind": "urlshortener#url", "id": "", "longUrl": "" } id is the short URL that expands to the long URL you provided. Clicked Number of recipients who clicked any tracked link. Google URL Shortener: This shortener is straight from Google and will be viewed as a Goo(dot)gl. Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. Loading....