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. If it’s an outbound link, we’ll cancel the click event and initiate Analytics event tracking. It's only one of the most popular social media management tools currently out there! Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 28 Dec 2012 More Thanks. People have learned that shortened links can lead to any random spam page on the web.
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. Tracking Visits from Emails Tracking visitors that come from emails is simple enough if you use campaign tracking for each link.
You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from. 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. For example, if the user clicks on “sales@wearefine.com”, that’s what Google Analytics will record. If you're comfortable with Web hosting and setting up simple PHP and mySQL applications, there are several free scripts you can use to set up a URL shortener on your own server, giving you much more control. This method is safe and would definitely save you a lot of stress.
Here are just a few that seem to be popular: Bitly: TinyURL.com: Goo.gl: To find more options, just type “url shortening” or “url shortening services” into your favorite search engine. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. This is the programmatic side of the web site at goo.gl. In other words, if you can discover which half of your advertising isn’t working, you can focus only on the half that is working, you can literally double your profits. Drag the Page component to the mappings area of the framework. The reason for this is because cookies cannot be set cross-domain, and pageviews, interest data and campaign-specific purchase attribution would not function.
If you use an affiliate plugin to format your affiliate links into something like this then you will have to enable tracking of internal links as outbound links. Click the name of the report you want to work with. Authenticate your Google Analytics profile or enter UA-Code manually. Though people haven’t detailed the reason they are the best for link tracking service, let me give you some pointers which should help you short-list a good link tracking service. Techniques[edit] In URL shortening, every long URL is associated with a unique key, which is the part after its top-level domain name. Before you can configure ad-hoc link tracking, the following configurations must have already been implemented: The SiteCatalyst framework is configured to enable ad-hoc link tracking. Some countries place restrictions on who can register domains with its country TLD — though this is becoming less and less common as countries realize the revenue opportunities from selling domains worldwide. There is now a “Get Shortlink” button next to your permalink when you edit or write a post, and when you click it you’ll get a popup with the beautiful link already highlighted for your copy and pasting pleasure.