Note: As of March 30, 2018, Google's URL shortener is only available to active users, and the data generated by those shortened URLs will only be available until March 2019. We can't make custom URLs available to members upon request. These parameters are also stored by HasOffers and can be passed in affiliate conversion links via HasOffers macros. Now, it’s easy to set up tracking for almost any type of link click, without a dev needing to add custom code. (Caveat: in certain cases, you may need some additional dev help, but this post focuses on the simplest types of implementations.) STEP 0: Make Sure You’re Using GTM 🙂 First, ensure you’ve got Google Tag Manager configured and working on your website. If you are looking for a URL shortener that is fully free of ads, Goo.gl can be a great choice. In the Settings & Tracking section of the Campaign Builder, check the box next to Google Analytics link tracking.
There are two techniques that we are going to discover today in this video: Outbound Link Tracking with UTM Parameters Inbound LInk Tracking with Google Analytics Event Tracking Depending on what kind of Link you want to track theses are the methods that will let you accomplish Link Tracking. 🔗 Links mentioned in the video: UTM Tool: Manual Event Tracking: ... 🎓 More from Measureschool 🆓 Correct Google Analytics Setup Course: ... 🆓 GTM Resource Guide: 🆓 GTM Beginner course: Courses: 📚 Recommended Measure Books: ... 📷 Gear we used to produce this video: ...This tactic was actually shown to me by Jeremiah Smith (my brother) over at SimpleTiger. With TinyURL, you can also make a smaller URL that will work for any page on your site. Many extensions are available from companies you already use for domain registration — such as Hover.
All of our premium accounts can make an unlimited number of links that won't expire. You can also find out how many clicks your particular bit.ly link got compared to the total clicks on the long link. This solution isn't designed to work with Eventbrite's embedded iframes.
You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. Link Tracking Features Link tracking functionality is primarily implemented in the form of the following two system services: Distributed Link Tracking Client Distributed Link Tracking Server Distributed Link Tracking Client The distributed link tracking client runs on all computers, and manages the link tracking activities for that computer. Click the owl head in the upper-left corner of the screen. Without taking this step, visits from emails will be recorded inconsistently. These redirect by default to the App Store, where users can download your app. So we can say That Bitly is a superior alternative.
To request a subset of the above information, set the projection parameter to ANALYTICS_CLICKS or ANALYTICS_TOP_STRINGS. Clickmeter can also be used as a URL-shortening tool with advanced click-tracking. Use this field to describe the type or location of the link. Top-level domains of countries such as Libya (.ly), Samoa (.ws), Mongolia (.mn), Malaysia (.my) and Liechtenstein (.li) have been used as well as many others. If you do nothing but add the tracking script to your pages, you’ll be faced with an endless stream of data and reports about user activity on your site. Don’t worry so much about the whole base64 thing though. In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. Other Helpful Macros If you have sites that you frequently link out to or have partnerships with, you might want to roll up the click events by domain name. For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". 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.