A link converted by Twitter’s link service is checked against a list of potentially dangerous sites. In contrast, MailChimp doesn't include taxes with purchase amounts in email campaign reports, and continues tracking indefinitely, on a per-contact basis. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private.
This sounds like a lot of work if you want to track all your outgoing links. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks. The {redirect} macro is replaced by the offer URL for the click, and the {eredirect} macro is replaced by the URL-encoded offer URL for that click. According to Tonic Corporation, the registry for .to domains, it is "very serious about keeping domains spam free" and may remove URL shortening services from their registry if the service is abused.[21] In addition, "u.nu" made the following announcement upon closing operations: The last straw came on September 3, 2010, when the server was disconnected without notice by our hosting provider in response to reports of a number of links to child pornography sites. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser.
Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Doing so generates a tracking link unique to that publisher and offer: What is generated looks something like this: Each part of the affiliate tracking link helps our ad server determine what to do with the traffic when a user follows the link: demo.go2cloud.org - This is the tracking domain of your network, using the provided go2cloud.org domain. aff_c - This part after the domain tells the ad server that this user is clicking through, as opposed to a conversion or impression. offer_id=1001 - In HasOffers, each offer is given an ID number, which is used to connect the click session to the rest of an offer's information. aff_id=2002 - The affiliate ID tells HasOffers which publisher receives credit for the click and the conversion (if the user converts).
Link Tracker Keeping track of the links to a website can be quite a tedious task especially if you decide to check every link to your site. Free users can choose between “go.clickmeter.com“ or “9nl.com“ as a domain name for their tracking link, while pro users can choose their own domain name. You can use it for one simple link and shorten as usual, or you can shorten a group of links into one shortened link. TweetDeck and Seesmic (TweetDeck’s direct competitor) both offer numerous URL-shortener options (bit.ly, is.gd, TinyURL, and twURL), but only bit.ly offers click tracking. Users can create these short links through the web interface at goo.gl, or they can programatically create them through the URL Shortener API. Maybe, the footer bar and the after post banner is working the best, but your sidebar ad is not.
Some job applications may also ask you for your LinkedIn profile URL. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. Clickmeter can also be used as a URL-shortening tool with advanced click-tracking. If you're comfortable with Web hosting and setting up simple PHP and mySQL applications, there are several free scripts you can use to set up a URL shortener on your own server, giving you much more control. If it's not available, you'll need to locate a registrar who handles the domain extension in question. Before we answer that question, lets first talk about why would you want to track links in Google Analytics? A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. This ability is installed on the browser via the TinyURL website and requires the use of cookies.[31] A destination preview may also be obtained by prefixing the word "preview" to the TinyURL URL; for example, the destination of is revealed by entering . Links shared on Twitter, including links shared in Direct Messages, will automatically be processed and shortened to an link. A shorthand link is associated with the registered URL. Each time a contact clicks a link in the campaign, the tracking information redirects them through MailChimp's servers and sends them to the intended web address. These extensions are easily obtained and generic enough for almost any organization to use. Having a link shortener protects users from malicious sites that engage in spreading malware, phishing attacks, and other harmful activity. Did you set a link to a file instead of a page on your website? We want tracking to work everywhere so I recommend using a library with robust cross-browser event handling.