Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener. Take a look at your social media feeds and you’ll see that link shortening has really caught on as a practice. Clicking on it will show you a list of outgoing URL(s) users clicked on your website. Troubleshooting Consider these possibilities if you see behavior you don't expect.
Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above. We help Affiliates to monitor, compare and optimize all their online marketing campaigns in one place and decide what is working and what is not. They do this by showing your visitor an add before they are taken to another webpage. Set the Media Source Name: Either add the name of the media source manually in the box or click one of the tabs (e.g. “Email”). Other URL shortening services provide a similar destination display.[32] Security professionals suggest that users check a short URL's destination before accessing it[citation needed], following an instance where shortening service cli.gs was compromised, exposing millions of users to security uncertainties.[33] There are several web applications that can display the destination URL of a shortened URL.[citation needed] Some URL shortening services filter their links through bad-site screening services such as Google Safe Browsing.
In the example above we have created a link to be shared on Twitter, as a tweet. utm_source parameter identifies the source of traffic this could be a site, a social media network, newsletter, app, etc. OLE linking includes the same heuristic link tracking.
Use custom domain URL shortening to gain a higher level of indexing on Google. However, Google Analytics can also provide you information about what users do when they come on your website, which banners or links they click the most, what product placements are working better on your website, which social media campaigns are bringing you more traffic, etc.
To track only the HTML version of your campaign, and not the plain-text version, you can create a custom tracking code using Google's resources and add it to the HTML of your campaign. If a URL with missing protocol is submitted in a browser address bar the http:// is automatically assumed. Understand which one of my marketing channels or Ads are most effective and optimize digital Ad spend. GET THE FREE EMAIL COURSE Straight to your inbox Get the best email and digital marketing content delivered. Click Download to export and save this list of contacts, or click each contact to view their activity for this campaign. We recommend using {eredirect} if your click macro URL contains a query string. Click the name of the report you want to work with. If that header is missing or wrong, you will get an error message. It is stored in your My Sailthru Settings under Setup > Domains.