Technically not part of any protocol, it is simply a convention standing for world wide web. While your link is legitimate, the link shortening service you’re using could cause it to be blocked.
To enable SSL for your link domain Identify your link domain. The following example code is generated for a page that is associated with a framework that has enabled external link tracking with the following configuration: External filter is 'google.com' Internal filter is the default value of 'javascript:,'+window.location.hostname Query strings are not included when evaluating the link target against filters. s.trackExternalLinks= false; s.linkExternalFilters= 'google.com'; s.linkInternalFilters= 'javascript:,'+window.location.hostname; s.linkLeaveQueryString= false; Use the following procedure to configure external link tracking for a SiteCatalyst framework: Open the Adobe Analytics framework and expand the Link Tracking Configuration section. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser. Campaign-, adgroup- and creative-level trackers have corresponding Campaign Structure Parameters, e.g. campaign, adgroup and creative.
Authorizing requests and identifying your application Every request your application sends to the Google URL Shortener API needs to identify your application to Google. On Twitter and some instant-messaging services, there is a limit to the number of characters a message can carry – however, Twitter now shortens links automatically using its own URL shortening service, so there is no need to use a separate URL shortening service just to shorten URLs in a tweet. Your web hosting service provider will have a firewall to protect sites from virus and malware.
Choosing A Link Shortener There are no shortage of link shorteners out there. I can look at these results and know that 283 tickets sold from an invitation I sent out via MailChimp, 12 tickets sold just from posting the event on Yelp, and 24 tickets sold from our blog post about the event. But, the good news is, the one I am gonna share below is as secure as possible.
When you add Google Analytics tracking to an email campaign, we supply a default title for your campaign that will appear in your Google Analytics account and your tracking URLs. In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2. Get all the handy power of a link in a much smaller package, right? One good way to do this is to use Domai.nr, which links directly to registrars for many domain extensions. If you want a more granular approach too, use the "Just-Discovered" tab to see brand new links that are pointing to your PDF. Not everyone is a fan of link shorteners, though, suggesting that they only add a possible layer of failure to the web. 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. The SEO issue isn’t an issue, according to Google’s Matt Cutts. 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. They also allow you to track your links and provide you with the ability to understand and visualise your audience. You can then create tags that wait for the gtm.linkClick event to happen, and perform additional tasks (like the external link tracker tag described below). note: There are a number of tagging strategies. On 14 August 2009 WordPress announced the wp.me URL shortener for use when referring to any WordPress.com blog post.[11] In November 2009, shortened links on bit.ly were accessed 2. As a result, many have been removed from online registries or shut down by web hosts or internet service providers. While URL shorteners have had some incredible usage tied to the growth (and constraints) of Twitter, I question their sustainability as a business. A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links.