However, while Analytics shows exit pages it won’t tell you which links users clicked to leave your site. You can choose to either manually name everything, or use macros to plug in data for you: I generally use a combination of the two.
Clicking on it will show you a list of outgoing URL(s) users clicked on your website. You can use it for one simple link and shorten as usual, or you can shorten a group of links into one shortened link. Here are some guidelines: Campaign Name This field should contain some of the most specific information about what kind of email this is.
For example, here's what is returned if you call the shorten method without specifying a long URL: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "required", "message": "Required", "locationType": "parameter", "location": "resource.longUrl" } ], "code": 400, "message": "Required" } } reason specifies the error reason. One of the risks of choosing a URL shortening service is to have some assurance that they are filtering out spam and virus links. Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted. It allows for custom domains so you can brand your shortened link. This will allow you to plan your content strategy accordingly. From there, you can click Export as CSV to download a list of contacts for each link result.
Use this field to describe the type or location of the link. Saving the Anchor Text with a Macro We’ll want to save the anchor text of the link.
We need to be careful and ensure tracking never stops user navigation even on failure. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 360: x Refactored Thanks. I’ll use jQuery 1.x for this example since most sites use it but you can substitute a lightweight option such as min.js, Zepto.js, Minified.js or your own event handling functions. Use insights from tracking reports to understand who my customers are, spot product micro trends and ratchet up results on the next campaign. The general idea people have about Google Analytics is that it tells you how many vistors and pageviews you are getting, where the traffic is coming from, and what content is popular on your website. This may sometimes be done using short, CAPTCHA-protected URLs, but this is not common.[3] Makers of URL shorteners usually register domain names with less popular or esoteric Top-level domains in order to achieve a short URL and a catchy name, often using domain hacks. It allows for custom domains so you can brand your shortened link. Every article on this website has links to various other websites. If your organization has multiple people shortening links and posting them, be sure to provide access and training to everyone involved. From there, you can click Export as CSV to download a list of contacts for each link result. Thus, short URLs may be more convenient for websites or hard copy publications (e.g. a printed magazine or a book), the latter often requiring that very long strings be broken into multiple lines (as is the case with some e-mail software or internet forums) or truncated. For example, say you are using UTM codes to track website traffic. These are all exposed in the
using rel=shortlink.