Google Analytics even has a URL Builder tool where you can generate a URL with UTM parameters. It’s one of the earliest link shorteners out there and allows you to customize the actual shortened link (again, if the customization is not yet taken). Unless you integrate it with Hootsuite, you will only be able to perform a single task: shortening URL. Just get everything in a bit. Now, it’s trending to see people add and sharing links on Twitter as much as possible.
You can also log into your Buffer account on the web or by downloading the mobile app to track your analytics and see how many clicks that your links have gotten. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse. So if your link is as long as a giraffes neck, coupled with the rest of the tweet, you will definitely find yourself truncating the text and even break the whole thing. Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me. Use custom domains to multiply click-throughs and increase the public's awareness of my brands.
We have already discussed how Google treats websites with spam links. Placeholders will vary from partner to partner, but are usually phrases delineated with brackets, such as {publisher_id} or [creative_name]. Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. With that said, if you do need to track your URLs, or you want alternative ways to post there are plenty of ways to do it: Bit.ly: Probably the most popular URL shortener for Twitter because it was one of the first to let you track your tiny URLs. Customizable links Custom keywords, titles, limits on clicks and availability, you name it: make your short links as you like and change their settings at any time.
You may think it is a complicated thing to get but it is actually quite simple to set up and cheap too. In order to get your domain short enough to be effective as a URL shortener, you may want to consider these tips: Removing vowels: This is an effective way to shortener your organization's name and still making it easy to understand.
HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. Registering a short URL[edit] Some websites create short links to make sharing links via instant messaging easier, and to make it cheaper to send them via SMS. Add them with a slash before the URL in your address bar, and you're good to go. The unknown levels will be shown as ‘unknown’ in your dashboard when there is data for other sublevels. Add them with a slash before the URL in your address bar, and you're good to go. All links will automatically be rewritten when they are included in your emails, wrapped in a unique tracking URL that uses the Link Domain you have set on your Settings Page. To activate link tracking for a given template or campaign, within its settings, simply ensure that the Link Tracking option is set to Yes. We recommend turning on link tracking; if link tracking is disabled, the attribution described above will not function.