To use custom campaigns, you add UTM parameters to your URL which are then recorded in your custom analytics report. 1 billion times.[12] Around that time, bit.ly and TinyURL were the most widely used URL-shortening services.[12] One service, tr.im, stopped generating short URLs in 2009, blaming a lack of revenue-generating mechanisms to cover costs and Twitter's default use of the bit.ly shortener, and questioning whether other shortening services could be profitable from URL shortening in the longer term.[13] It resumed for a time,[14] then closed. Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me.
This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript. If you already have Google Analytics code inserted in to your WordPress blog, remove that code. In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from.
The service imports all of your short URLs and stores them and will also take over your URL shortening domain if you decide to close it, ensuring links posted throughout the Internet continue to work.Own Your Short Links on Twitter bit.ly offers URL shortening and link tracking services. From Google Event Tracking Guide Event Tracking is a method available in the ga.js tracking code that you can use to record user interaction with website elements, such as a Flash-driven menu system.
If you’re logged in you can also get the shortlink for any page on WordPress.com, there’s a link under the “Blog Info” menu in your admin bar. Notice we added our own custom tracking text to the parameter so we could tell this link was the “Services Brochure”. Our agency activities and custom domain portfolio remains private and secure. Use Custom Short URLs in my books and newsletters to encourage trust and build brand loyalty with fans.
For example, if the user clicks on “sales@wearefine.com”, that’s what Google Analytics will record. Custom public profile URLs are available on a first come, first served basis. We sold out the event with 850 tickets and had to draw a hard line at closing registration, after releasing an additional 50 tickets, to ensure it wasn’t too crowded (although since it was an open bar party the bar was still a bit overwhelmed!) Check out the photos on our Facebook page from the event and photobooth! 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. When a link is created to a file, the target file is considered the link source, and the creator of the link is the link client. 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. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Element URL contains mailto: This is where the firing rules are truly specific to tracking clicks on email addresses. A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links. Understanding which external links are most often clicked on your website will help you understand what kind of information users are looking for. 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. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. Generate Tracking Link: Copy the link and use it in your newsletter e-mail. Tip You don't need to use this page every time you need to create a custom tracking link. Before you send your campaign, make a note of these unique IDs so you'll know which Google Analytics title goes with which combination of your campaign.