A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages. This field should be used to compare broad categories of marketing you do (or may do in the future), like emails, cpc ads, postcards, etc. You can also share files, images and videos easily with Ow.ly in all sorts of different formats. Each section contains a brief description, an example, and a link to more detailed information. Macro Name: element url hostname Macro Type: Custom Javascript Custom Javascript: Caveats If you have a Google Analytics Premium account, note that this will increase the # of events for you site. If you're willing to pay, consider Pretty Link Pro or these low cost solutions on Code Canyon.
More » Goo.gl Here’s Google’s very own URL shortener, which is a popular choice that’s useful for just getting the job done as quickly as possible. Edit short URLs or QR codes to fix broken pages any time I need it.
Creating large sets of extremely small segments will not result in useful data for your analysis. 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. Replace: Consider using letters or numbers in place of words. The process must be fast, not handle clicks which have been deactivated by other processes and ensure links work even if the Analytics event fails. 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.
Complete control over which campaigns our clients can see in their accounts. 1 billion times.[1] Other uses of URL shortening are to "beautify" a link, track clicks, or disguise the underlying address. A circumvention could be that a website provided its own shortlinks instead of relying on a third-party shortening service – but this is not common. It’s also popular so a lot of people recognize that a Bitly link is a shortened link and don’t automatically think it’s spam. If you use a third-party for some of your emails, you might use that third-party's name. 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.
The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats. Click the input box under “Update Status” and paste the copied short URL into the box. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 19 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 19, 2011 Thanks. For segment A, the value will be “A”, for B, “B” and “Final” for the Final version of the AB Winner/Auto Winner test. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first. Use a smart link to detect language preference of visitor and automatically route to either our English content or Spanish content.