Undo Undo URL Shortener @URL_Shorteners_ 10 Dec 2012 More Starting in February, 's URL shortener will add two more characters. Rename, backup, and restore operations preserve object IDs. In your Bitly account settings, you can, among other things, create a custom short domain name for your Bitly links. The new shortened link would be like goo.gl/htsl Clicking on the shortened link immediately takes you to the same long address. This is accomplished by attaching the method call to the particular UI element you want to track.
Techniques[edit] In URL shortening, every long URL is associated with a unique key, which is the part after its top-level domain name. Consider alternate extensions: If your top choice isn't available, consider using a country code TLD (ccTLD) such as .to or .co. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. Links to Sailthru Hosted Pages are not tracked and are not included in reporting.
In general, don't remove vowels at the beginning of words, though. If there's something tny.im can't do, contact us and we'll implement it for you.There are loads of extensions and bookmarklets that create shortened links from long URLs, but the bit.ly and j.mp services don't need them. All that you need to do is to get in your search browser and go to smallseotools.com and search for the 'Link Tracker' icon and click on it.
If you pick masked forwarding, the URL will show as your personal shortened domain in browsers. Some job applications may also ask you for your LinkedIn profile URL. A short link which expires, or can be terminated, has some security advantages.
To track owned media successfully you need to create Custom Tracking Links. How to track Link Clicks with Google Analytics To track link clicks in Google Analytics you’ll need to set up custom events. It wasn’t long before link shorteners quickly became more than mere link shorteners. It’s a free platform for scheduling and managing Tweets, like Tweetdeck. Actions Shorten a long URL The Google URL Shortener API allows you to shorten URLs just as you would on goo.gl. Low cost way to start a personal brand and make vanity URLs. There are both Eventbrite-generated tracking links (left) as well as tracking links I can create on my own (right).