This appends one of the two following parameters to the tracking link: url_id random_url When the url_id parameter is added to the tracking link, the numerical ID value references the ID of an additional offer URL in the offer that the affiliate can redirect traffic to: If there is more than one offer URL added in the offer, there will also be an option to select a random URL from the list. Link Tracking when Forcing HTTPS with HSTS If your company is considering implementing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) for your site to ensure visitors may only connect using the more-secure HTTPS, there can be implications for your users’ experience with Sailthru-tracked links if you enable HSTS for all subdomains via the optional includeSubDomains directive. Using it for spamming or illegal purposes is forbidden and any such use will result in the TinyURL being disabled and you may be reported to all ISPs involved and to the proper governmental agencies. As I said, that reference number is unique to your Instagram post, and 18 quadrillion is easily going to be sufficient for all those food photos people post there. With its own URL shortener, you can ensure that your long links are kept safe and secure for your visitors. A conversation through the use of headers will take place between your computer and the tiny.cc server.
Power User Features If you‘re becoming a power user of URLs for say marketing purposes or you just want to monitor the traffic your URLs are getting, Bitly probably offers everything you need. URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. There are several techniques to implement a URL shortening. You may also right-click any highlighted section and choose Paste from the drop-down menu.
The shortest possible long-term URLs were generated by NanoURL from December 2009 until about 2011, associated with the top-level .to (Tonga) domain, in the form , where xxxx represents a sequence of random numbers and letters.[15] On 14 December 2009 Google announced a service called Google URL Shortener at goo.gl, which originally was only available for use through Google products (such as Google Toolbar and FeedBurner) and extensions for Google Chrome.[17] On 21 December 2009, Google introduced a YouTube URL Shortener, youtu.be.[18] From September 2010 Google URL Shortener became available via a direct interface. From there, you can click Export as CSV to download a list of contacts for each link result.
We can detect whether a link will open a page on a domain which is different to ours. You need to make sure tag manager associates the event with this tag. You can use this service with or without an account.
A common example of this is when publishers want to pre-populate a lead generation form with user contact information to help improve conversion rates. This can be done online, at the web pages of a URL shortening service; to do it in batch or on demand may require the use of an API. Tracking Out-going Links with Google Analytics With Google Analytics, you can also track outbound links on your website. Web PR enthusiast Steve Rubel shared this tip, directly from bit.ly's management, on his personal stream site, and it's a good one. First thing you need to do is install and activate the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. To quote John Wanamaker, the father of modern advertising: So which half of your advertising is a waste of money? With a Professional account, you can use any of our alternative domain names for your tracking links. You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. When URLs are requested, a web script begins with a template and fills in details by fetching information from a database. Another operational limitation of URL shortening services is that browsers do not resend POST bodies when a redirect is encountered. Click Macro Redirect You can specify a custom click macro by first enabling the offer tracking setting, and then passing in a URL using the following parameter: redirect For this parameter, you can include either the {redirect} or {eredirect} macro to track your clicks in another tracking system. Our link service measures information such as how many times a link has been clicked, which is an important quality signal in determining how relevant and interesting each Tweet is when compared to similar Tweets. In this example, we’re creating tag that tracks any click on an email address. Bitly searches its database for the key UOLsVl and, if it finds that key in its database, it automatically redirects the browser to the associated web page, in this case .