You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. This ability is installed on the browser via the TinyURL website and requires the use of cookies.[31] A destination preview may also be obtained by prefixing the word "preview" to the TinyURL URL; for example, the destination of is revealed by entering .
Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. These special error resistant links also work great in spoken form (Siri changes links to all upper case). While this solution might not compete with the extremely short URLs that link shortening services can provide (and without the equivalent analytics packages), it would avoid the link shortening middleman and let your user know at a glance where your link will take them. — Is link shortening for you?
Link Tracking Limitations The distributed link tracking services are available only on the NTFS file system, and are only available for link sources on NTFS 3. Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. Undo Undo Shorten URL Retweeted TechCrunchVerified account @TechCrunch 17 May 2011 More Amazon Buys The A.
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. Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey. Once you click the share link, in addition to the social networking services you should see the URL of the video that can be copied and pasted anywhere. With a list that sorts each PDF in order of performance. In this example, we’re creating tag that tracks any click on an email address. The bad news is that if you’re posting links on Twitter, your link will automatically be shortened using Twitter’s t.co shortener.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes. Note: If you will implement HSTS on your primary domain only, allowing your link domain to remain accessible via HTTP, the following actions are not needed. Set the Media Source Name: Either add the name of the media source manually in the box or click one of the tabs (e.g. “Email”). You’d be able to see anytime someone who got your direct mail package in the mail, actually went to your website. Did you set a link to a file instead of a page on your website? Personally, I use Hootsuite for all of my Twitter’ing so I don’t have the need to go out and shorten it separately. The customized bit.ly version allows you to use your own domain name for branded short links which can be easily shared on Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites. Within this tab, you can also search locations, referral tweets, and popular tweets shared.