In the case that you need this data to be funneled into your own BI systems, you can always use the Adjust label parameter or dynamic callback parameters. Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs).
In the background, Analytics sends data by requesting an image beacon. Undo Herbert Bay, Entrepreneur and Computer Vision guy Answered 143w ago The word "best" is very relative and depends on your needs. Before we answer that question, lets first talk about why would you want to track links in Google Analytics?
In this article: Using Google Tag Manager If you use Google Tag Manager to manage your Analytics tracking, follow the instructions in Analytics Events to implement events. You can use this service with or without an account. Use this example as a model for your own links: Check out example.com Analytics Events Was this article helpful? 1 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Chuck Evans in Product Reviews After a couple of years in development, Andy Jenkins and company have brought out their latest product - Kartra. But if you are one of those folks who wonders just what this all is and how it works, please read on.
Autotrack uses events to track outbound link clicks and sets the event label to the link's URL. Tip: Storing unique values in the appropriate parameters can drastically improve report performance.
The service includes all the custom bit.ly features plus real-time information about the page you are “shrinking.” You can also track clicks to the page and how many times that page was shared and by how many people. If the title is not available you can manually add it. Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me. We recommend using {eredirect} if your click macro URL contains a query string. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. An example Turn this URL: X0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M into this TinyURL: Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? Reports are availabe in .csv format for use with Microsoft Excel or your favorite spreadsheet program. When it comes to online advertising and marketing, link tracking is king. Click outside the box to update your generated tracking link. With TinyURL, you can also make a smaller URL that will work for any page on your site. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 19 Dec 2012 More Have you been using InstaTwit? Currently, most URL shortener services also offer the same feature, but Bitly remains popular as it has a professional look interface. The link subdomain does not support https out of the box. 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.