Example for event tracking using the newer API:
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks. Element URL contains mailto: This is where the firing rules are truly specific to tracking clicks on email addresses. Notice we added our own custom tracking text to the parameter so we could tell this link was the “Services Brochure”. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.Business Marketing Social Media Marketing How to Shorten URLs on Twitter How to Shorten URLs on Twitter Even if you are marketing on Twitter, not everything you tweet is going to point to a blog, let alone your blog.
Search Engines and Link Indexing Two methods that search engines use to discover links and pages: 1) Webmasters can inform search engines about new links with a submission form. We recommend having a domain name dedicated to your shortener, though. Abuse decreases significantly when google shortener links are used. Furthermore, Bit.do also offers a statistics feature to allow you tracking the performance of your URLs. But the webmaster of these sites must not give blanket permission to every website that exists on the internet to create links to it.
So unless shared or exposed publicly, short links never appear in search results.Check out this address: If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. While your link is legitimate, the link shortening service you’re using could cause it to be blocked.
Without tracking those metrics, how do you know which method is working the best? There is now a “Get Shortlink” button next to your permalink when you edit or write a post, and when you click it you’ll get a popup with the beautiful link already highlighted for your copy and pasting pleasure. With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. The associated shorthand link and URL are logged in a registry database. Some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. Then there will be links to take the viewer back to the main page. Type any message that you want to add to the link into the text input field. First thing you need to do is install and activate the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. Write down this value and the combination title or description it goes with so you can reference it when you view your data in Google Analytics later. Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. I can even include retargeting (remarketing) in the same link. Once implemented, visit your site and click a few outbound links. Then, run: $ oacurl If successful, the response will look like: { "totalItems": 72, "itemsPerPage": 30, "nextPageToken": "2010-09-29T06:59:22.