Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites. If you create a tracker in the dashboard - let’s say we call it “AdNetwork” - you’ll receive a URL like: Onto this URL, you are able to add the “campaign” parameter to segment users into different campaigns: Any user clicking on a URL with the “campaign=CAMPAIGN_1” parameter would be assigned to the “CAMPAIGN_1” sublevel within your top network tracker “AdNetwork”.
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. Create a single responsive short link to direct readers and split into two targets based on their operating system (e.g. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent * using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it. */ var trackOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); } You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. Twitter.com: The truth is that the best URL shortener for Twitter is the one that’s built into Twitter.
With GTM, all you have to do is add a small bit of code to your pages, and it creates a simple container where you can configure everything from GA to Ads, all through a simple admin panel. The way out is just the answer to the title of this post. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. According to Tonic Corporation, the registry for .to domains, it is "very serious about keeping domains spam free" and may remove URL shortening services from their registry if the service is abused.[21] In addition, "u.nu" made the following announcement upon closing operations: The last straw came on September 3, 2010, when the server was disconnected without notice by our hosting provider in response to reports of a number of links to child pornography sites. Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. How do you view your shortened links in HootSuite?
To manage click tracking in the plain-text version of your campaign, check or uncheck Track plain-text clicks. Click Save. 2Planning your tracker structure In this section, we’ll discuss how to plan and organise your sources.
When a link source is moved, the service passes information to the distributed link tracking server that runs on domain controllers. I also worry that because shorteners are essentially open proxies of HTTP they’ll be exploited by spammers and malware distributors to the point where businesses, anti-phishing, and anti-virus services will be forced to block them. 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. In this article: Using Google Tag Manager If you use Google Tag Manager to manage your Analytics tracking, follow the instructions in Analytics Events to implement events. Example: South Park Studios uses cart.mn to recreate, in a shortened form, the name of one of its most well known characters. For consistency, use your URL shortener whenever possible, rather than mixing your own custom domain with other generic ones. Set a custom 404 URL so both search engines and visitors are sent to valid pages on my site when trying to follow any link that doesn't exist. In general, don't remove vowels at the beginning of words, though. Bitly is known as one of the pioneers of URL shortener. You are also able to use the same tools such as bookmarklets and third-party apps using their API with your custom domain name. For a full list of available tracking link parameters, read our Customizing an Affiliate Tracking Link article. Understand which one of my marketing channels or Ads are most effective and optimize digital Ad spend. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 20 May 2011 More Revision 361: Increased max-version Thanks. See how that one event isn’t named correctly, so it shows as undefined?