There are security implications, and obsolete short URLs remain in existence and may be circulated long after they cease to point to a relevant or even extant destination. Example: South Park Studios uses cart.mn to recreate, in a shortened form, the name of one of its most well known characters. Customizable links Custom keywords, titles, limits on clicks and availability, you name it: make your short links as you like and change their settings at any time. 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.
You can also create a tracking domain to “gather metrics for all users that are shortening links to your site”. To view stats for your custom campaigns go to Google Analytics Reporting » Traffic » Sources » Campaigns and you will see something like this.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks. It not only helps you learn about your visitors and popular content, but you can also use it to develop strategies to further optimize your WordPress blog. I could probably go on and on with a dozen more URL shorteners, but lets be honest, you only need one. Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. Show our company logo to guest users when they login to create URLs.
If you can't find a link here, try the Wikipedia list of TLDs. Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. If you click the shortened link on bit.ly, you get access to detailed traffic information related to number of clicks, referring Web sites, and geographic locations of the users who clicked.
Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared. Shortened links allow you to share long URLs in a Tweet while maintaining the maximum number of characters for your message. If you go to that website, there is an edit box near the top of the page where you can paste in a longer URL for a web page, such as , and then click on the Shorten button. Finally, please don't expect this solution to work 100% of the time. Links shared on Twitter, including links shared in Direct Messages, will automatically be processed and shortened to an link. Set the Media Source Name: Either add the name of the media source manually in the box or click one of the tabs (e.g. “Email”). Or you can block links to your site from these sites.