Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. If you’re not tracking your links, you’re probably leaving tons of money on the table, spending more than you can afford, and struggling to keep up with dozens of online marketing campaigns. By tracking those links, you can find which one is working the best. Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 12 Dec 2012 More Twitter vs Instagram.
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I can even include retargeting (remarketing) in the same link. When using Google Analytics to track your link, the most common setup is to have the Javascript tracking code for Google Analytics placed on a page where your contacts visit. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. Assign Parameters: Here is where you assign the tag’s Category, Action, and Label. Shortcomings[edit] Short URLs often circumvent the intended use of top-level domains for indicating the country of origin; domain registration in many countries requires proof of physical presence within that country, although a redirected URL has no such guarantee. With most shortened URLs, you have no idea what website the link is really associated with.
And though it is unlikely that Bit.ly will be shut down, they are still a middleman. 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. You could create a complex UTM code structure for a link but then shorten it via Bitly and use the link on a piece of direct mail. Examples: Netflix at one time used movi.es and BarkBox, which supplies dog treat gift packages, use the URL shortener ruv.me. Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly.
Creating an account at Sign-Up or Login to access great features of 2ONE and then create short URLs to track. WordPress links have the structure they do, which is longer, because they’re meant to be permanent and portable. (And of course friendly to search engines.) Even if you weren’t using WordPress, the links contain no arbitrary IDs or other platform-specific implementation cruft so they should be trivial to serve from any system, even if you don’t use WordPress in the future. Most URL shortening services offer basic analytic data that tracks the total number of clicks, the time of the click and the country or territory location of the person who clicked the link. Such URLs are difficult to memorize, type-out or distribute. There are no real extra features or services, so this is good choice if you just want to get the job done as fast and as smoothly as possible without all the extra fluff like signing in and CAPTCHAs and other stuff. Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. Keyword This field should never be used in an email campaign.