Tracker URLs Tracker URL refers to the entire link, complete with domain and query string. See how that one event isn’t named correctly, so it shows as undefined? Perhaps, you can try improving your ad and then do A/B testing. You can also determine if the links coming to your PDF are negative links coming from a website you don’t want to be affiliated with. Adding tracking directly to your site If you have added the Analytics tracking code directly to your site, you can copy and paste the script below into your own pages to set up Event tracking for outbound links.
Create an account, setup your domain and link shortener is ready. However, if you log into goo.gl and ask for a short URL, goo.gl will generate a unique short URL, even if someone else already requested a link to the same website.
You publicize this page through twitter, facebook, various banner placement on your website, email newsletter, etc. Google has possibly started this process for you but the tracking code must be updated on your website pages.
Simply enter your long URL and click the Shorten button. It frees up valuable real estate in social messages. This point was underscored a few days ago when a popular one, tr.im, announced they were going to shut down at the end of the year.
A few well-known websites have set up their own URL shortening services for their own use – for example, Twitter with t.co, and Google with goo.gl. Unfortunately, reports would be misleading if one or more outbound sites didn’t use Analytics. They'll be able to view the same real-time reports any time they want! In other words, if you can discover which half of your advertising isn’t working, you can focus only on the half that is working, you can literally double your profits. HootSuite also allows you to view a dashboard that tracks clicks for each shortened link shared in the management system. The last condition is to make sure that we don’t include any absolute URLs that belong to the domain we’re on. Our CTID can be passed through any affiliate network using SubID tracking. You can also pass the CTID to affiliate networks with pixel tracking or postback tracking if the network supports it. Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening. Advantages of Using Your Own Domain URLs: Promote your site (branding): when people retweet, your domain will fly around.