Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 19 Dec 2012 More Have you been using InstaTwit? Google VS Bitly- URL Link Shorteners | 7 Key Differences Powerful Tools and Analytics Both Bitly and Google provide the analytical tools to see how well your shared link is doing online. Other URL shortening services provide a similar destination display.[32] Security professionals suggest that users check a short URL's destination before accessing it[citation needed], following an instance where shortening service cli.gs was compromised, exposing millions of users to security uncertainties.[33] There are several web applications that can display the destination URL of a shortened URL.[citation needed] Some URL shortening services filter their links through bad-site screening services such as Google Safe Browsing.
Namely, I want to make sure that if have an absolute internal URL with www vs non-www that I capture both cases. You can also log into your Buffer account on the web or by downloading the mobile app to track your analytics and see how many clicks that your links have gotten. You can add tracking directly to your website by adding HTML tracking code to the header section of your website.
Google has updated their logo, but as of this writing, they have not updated the goo.gl logo. As far as I know, that shorter version will link to your original URL for as long as it exists on the net.
Some URL shortening services support the forwarding of mailto URLs, as an alternative to address munging, to avoid unwanted harvest by web crawlers or bots. A few well-known websites have set up their own URL shortening services for their own use – for example, Twitter with t.co, and Google with goo.gl. More » Ow.ly Another popular alternative, Ow.ly is a link shortener from the leading social media application known as HootSuite. Launch and use Now that you're all set up, you're ready to use your new URL shortener. Bitly also allows you to customize the actual shortened link (if your customization is still available).
You may still want to track your URLs to see how well your tweets are performing. Some URL shorteners offer a time-limited service, which will expire after a specified period. The Search component belongs to the General component group in Sidekick. Clickmeter can also be used as a URL-shortening tool with advanced click-tracking. When you check the box to enable tracking, we'll show the campaign title as it will appear in your Google Analytics account after the campaign is sent. Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. Facebook automatically detects the link and parses the page description and an image from the original page. Bundled & Custom URLs Sometimes even shortened URLs don’t quite look attractive enough especially for non-tech savvy Internet users. In this case you can use Google’s Disavow Link tool in Google Webmaster Tools to let Google know that you don’t approve of that link.