The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page. The default value is a javascript command that returns the hostname of the URL for the current window address.
Bitly may be the authoritative champ of URL shorteners in the Twitterverse (before t.co / Twitter was propelled a year ago), however Redirecting has analytics covered. Facebook has this new colored status background feature that works when your status is short and straight to the point. Once the call is complete, it can run a callback function so we can redirect to the outbound page. It works almost immediately and you can shorten as much as you want, anytime.
Most Twitter clients like YoruFukurou will shorten long URLs for you, but for other occasions when you need to shorten URLs, there’s Bitly.com. Once you have changed your URL for the fifth time, you won't be able to change it for another six months. Click error monitoring finds and logs any broken links for me. Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). Brand the client's links to increase engagement and inspire audience trust. See more information about AppsFlyer's Tracking Link Structure and Parameters.
Sometimes a short URL is useful simply to give someone over a telephone conversation for a one-off access or file download, and no longer needed within a couple of minutes. Adjust uses them in two ways: firstly, to provide a link to your app; and, secondly, to segment your users so that they may be analyzed. When a user visits your site and is interested in reading the content of a particular page, he or she simply clicks on the link and the page is opened. The links toolbar may not be visible in all setups and in most browsers, you can enable it in the View->Toolbars menu of your web browser. The Google Analytics campaign title combines the MailChimp campaign title with the date and the Campaign ID.
Add Tracking to Email Campaign Archives and Pages To add Google Analytics tracking to your email campaign archives and pages, follow these steps. But if you are one of those folks who wonders just what this all is and how it works, please read on. When you schedule a link Tweet via Hootsuite, you can shorten the link to an owl.ly link. owl.ly/0a0b0c0 Google: As always, Google has something for you too. Restrict our employee's account access to only the campaigns I want assigned to them. Tag Name: External Link Tracking » GA Universal Tag Type: Google Universal Analytics Web Property ID: Your Google Universal Analytics UA id Event Type: Event Event Tracking Parameters Category: External Links Action: {{element url}} Label: {{element text}} Value: 1 Non-Interaction Hit: True Firing Rules Links - External Conditions {{event}} equals gtm.linkClick {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^/[^/] {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^[\w:]*//(www\.)?searchsignals\.com You can always rename the category and change the order of the label and action if you want to see it differently in the default Google Analytics view. In November 2009, the shortened links of the URL shortening service Bitly were accessed 2. For example, links that point to a page on will rewritten with any available link subdomain sharing that domain (e.g. ). Track Unique Visitors With a Professional account, we'll analyze your tracking data and tell you which visitors are unique.