Masking means that your affiliate URL never becomes visible in a browser address bar. • A very simple method if you have your own website is to create a blank html page and paste the following code into the blank page (substituting your affiliate URL). Then name the html page something that makes sense for the application such as . Click outside the box to update your generated tracking link. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co. Path to executable: C:\windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted Startup type: Automatic Does my computer need the Distributed Link Tracking Client (TrkWks) service? It’s also popular so a lot of people recognize that a Bitly link is a shortened link and don’t automatically think it’s spam. Find the unsubscribe link in your campaign, right click, and copy the link address.
A friendly URL may be desired for messaging technologies that limit the number of characters in a message (for example SMS), for reducing the amount of typing required if the reader is copying a URL from a print source, for making it easier for a person to remember, or for the intention of a permalink. See if you are using Classic Analytics (ga.js) or Universal Analytics (analytics.js).