The solution… We’ll attach a click event handler to the body element. 8Tracking third-party app stores Particularly on Android, you are able to distribute your app via multiple different app stores, not limited to the Google Play Store. Read the full scoop on this use case in the callbacks guide. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better.
It is simple to change your permalink structure, though if you have been blogging for a while you will need to redirect your old URLs to the new permalinks. Practice pasting URL You can practice copying and pasting the URL of this page by following the above steps and then pasting the URL into the below text box below. However, if it's a direct link to a resource like a document or PDF or JPG, to track this link when using Google Analytics you may need some custom tracking methods setup on your server to track that particular link to your resource. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. We can use event tracking to record outbound links but there are a number hurdles to overcome: the event must be recorded on all browsers and not impede navigation we should not need to manually identify or attach separate handlers to every outbound link, and we must ensure the event is recorded before the outbound page starts to load. For example, if someone was on the /about/ page, and clicked on an email address, then Google Analytics will record /about/.
And if I was using Twitter.com to Tweet as I sometimes do, then I wouldn’t use one, I’d just let Twitter shorten it. In order to get your domain short enough to be effective as a URL shortener, you may want to consider these tips: Removing vowels: This is an effective way to shortener your organization's name and still making it easy to understand. 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. You may still want to track your URLs to see how well your tweets are performing. As they say, barriers can boost creativity, so people have learned to be pretty witty with 280 characters, even inventing hashtags to make the whole process easier. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly.
Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener. With that said, if you do need to track your URLs, or you want alternative ways to post there are plenty of ways to do it: Bit.ly: Probably the most popular URL shortener for Twitter because it was one of the first to let you track your tiny URLs. When clicking the link, Sailthru tracks the click and quickly redirects the user to the applicable page on your site, example.com/item/123. Our thanks also go out to our friends at GoDaddy and in Montenegro for help with the domain.Twitter messages have limited real estate, and you have to make your characters count. Use alternate extensions "hacks": Many country code extensions can be used to help form your company name by using the characters before and after the dot to form a shortened for similar sounding version of your name.
Understanding which external links are most often clicked on your website will help you understand what kind of information users are looking for. However, standard analytics tools only do a great job in describing activities within the website without dealing too much with your links outside your website. Unfortunately, the data would be so inconsistent as to be unreliable. Use insights from tracking reports to understand who my customers are, spot product micro trends and ratchet up results on the next campaign. We can also store your Google Analytics ID to track visits to your campaign pages and hosted campaign archive, so you can see traffic to these pages in your Google Analytics account. Enter the name of this tracker, select link to a network and from the drop down list, select the network that this tracker should be linked. To enable download tracking, select Track Downloads. If you go to that website, there is an edit box near the top of the page where you can paste in a longer URL for a web page, such as , and then click on the Shorten button. This point was underscored a few days ago when a popular one, tr.im, announced they were going to shut down at the end of the year. It will also check if the site is live on the internet. Google Analytics even has a URL Builder tool where you can generate a URL with UTM parameters. Finally, URL shortening sites provide detailed information on the clicks a link receives, which can be simpler than setting up an equally powerful server-side analytics engine, and unlike the latter, does not require any access to the server. STEP 1: Create a Link Click Listener Tag Note: This step is not required any more with newer versions of Tag Manager.