The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats. Another consideration is that some countries also restrict what content can be used their TLDs, so if you intend in shortening content that might be in violation of these laws, you'll need to find another TLD. Track how users that were invited behave post-acquisiton This can be achieved by creating one or several trackers, and then using these tracking links in your invitations. Notes: Your custom URL can have 5-30 letters or numbers.
Here's an example of an affiliate tracking link that includes both of these types of parameters: For the above tracking link, the affiliate would provide the appropriate macros from their tracking system to replace the "CLICKID" and "UNIQUEVALUE" placeholder values. The Google Analytics campaign title combines the MailChimp campaign title with the date to make it easy to search for in your Analytics dashboard. Add Tracking to Your Automated Email Campaign To add Google Analytics tracking to an automated email campaign in MailChimp, follow these steps. For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. Charts and Graphs Get free real-time graphs so you can clearly visualize your link activity and see where you're getting the most response. Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly.
For example The New York Times uses “nyti.ms” for their short domain. Tip: There are also many browser add-ons that you can utilize to make copying long addresses easier. Another reference to URL shortening was in 2001.[8] The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. They can hide their nefarious links in a shortened URL meaning people either clicked on the links and quickly learned to either never trust a shortened link, or to always use a link extraction site (e.g. WhereDoesThisLinkGo) to see where the shortened link actually went before they clicked. That’s a lot of back and forth just to get me a a web page. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks.
If you can't find a link here, try the Wikipedia list of TLDs. Alternatively, if uppercase and lowercase letters are differentiated, then each character can represent a single digit within a number of base 62 (26 + 26 + 10). Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes. You should add this script in your page header, but not within the basic Analytics tracking code snippet.
Click the blue “Post” button to add the link to your page. This allows you not just to compare Network-X as a whole, but to see exactly which ad group attracts the best users. If you're driving internal pay-per-click traffic and want to pass the cost per click through the tracking link, you can use the following parameter: payout To enable this feature, go to Company > Customize Application > Settings > Tracking. You can use Analytics Events to track clicks on links that take users to a website other than your own.