But otherwise, the free account is useful enough for comprehensive link tracking. You can see when you created the link, how many people have clicked on it, and a few more details. Creating the Link Click Listener The Link Click Listener tag allows you to capture user click events on all or specific targeted links.
This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. Once Twitter (and other social media) took off and introduced the 140-character limit, that shortened link became even more important. With the Adjust fallback_click, you now get the best of both worlds. Best features are Which day of the week is best Which social media to post and Which city to post in. Social media dashboard and notifications keeps me on top of what people are saying online about our brands. Buffer: If you currently use Buffer or manage your social media channels this is a great platform.
If, for some reason, you're using a custom HTML tag in Google Tag Manager, then hopefully you'll see 'analytics.js' in the code. Understand who my readers are, which books are getting clicks and purchases and which marketing channel is working best. Well in this article, we will show you how to track links in WordPress using Google Analytics. Include a link to a survey on some of our packaging labels.
When used this way, all user activity on such elements is calculated and displayed as Events in the Analytics reporting interface. It’s a free platform for scheduling and managing Tweets, like Tweetdeck. Last clicked The most recent date and time someone clicked a tracked link in your campaign.
Then in Google Analytics go to “Content” Then under the "Site Content" drop-down click "All Pages" And search for “pdf” to see all of the PDF's that are tagged in this way. It's one of the most widely used options out there, and you'll often find it integrated with lots of other services as well as third party apps like TweetDeck and TwitterFeed. Affiliate Marketing with Your Link Tracker Our link tracker software works perfectly for affiliates too! External Filters: Defines filters for matching the external URLs of the link targets. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. There are two ways to identify your application: using an OAuth 2. Unfortunately, reports would be misleading if one or more outbound sites didn’t use Analytics. A Microsoft Security Brief recommends the creation of short-lived URLs, but for reasons explicitly of security rather than convenience.[6] History[edit] An early reference is US Patent 6957224, which describes ...a system, method and computer program product for providing links to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected computers.