Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening. For example, let’s say that you have a page on your blog where you sell an ebook. Low cost way to start a personal brand and make vanity URLs.
And http:// www.tiny.cc is not a required format because the tiny.cc site happens to be configured without a subdomain (www. was made optional). is shorter and boiled down to only the required parts that make a URL functional: protocol + domain + top level domain (http:// + tiny + .cc). As an example, their tracking system could have a session ID macro that you use to replace "CLICKID", and another macro for a unique user hash that you use to replace "UNIQUEVALUE".
Setting up a New Domain to forward to your LinkedIn is incredibly easy. Just make a link to or use the following code to make a URL input box: Terms of use TinyURL was created as a free service to make posting long URLs easier, and may only be used for actual URLs. In this case you definitely want to use Bitly‘s customize feature, in which you can add a name or tag to a shortened URL to make it more recognizable.
It creates short URLs and also keeps a track of All clicks and gives superb statistics. 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.
On your profile page, click Edit your public profile in the right rail. Undo Herbert Bay, Entrepreneur and Computer Vision guy Answered 143w ago The word "best" is very relative and depends on your needs. The default value of None causes no event tracking. Google has possibly started this process for you but the tracking code must be updated on your website pages. For example, if a shell shortcut is created to link to a text document, the text document is the link source, and the shell shortcut is the link client. Troubleshooting Consider these possibilities if you see behavior you don't expect. Top links clicked The URLs that were clicked the most in your campaign. View Click Results on the Links Page The Links page tells you how each URL performed in the campaign. Don’t fall for one of those “build your Twitter follower count fast” programs. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 5 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 5, 2011 Thanks. You can use this service with or without an account. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the permalink for this post.