Use this field to describe the type or location of the link. An Alternative To Link Shorteners Perhaps you’d like to avoid using a link shortening service. Shorten URL (e.g. bit.ly/buSzh) is meaningless because readers don’t know where the link is directing to. This service is provided without warranty of any kind.Statistics To view detailed click statistics for any short URL, just add the plus sign + after it, like this: Short link editing You can edit your links in their statistics page. Google Analytics doesn’t “listen” for link click events by default, so that’s why we have to go the extra work of creating a link click listener tag.
Even websites with quality content were penalized for “spammy” back links. Set the Media Source Name: Either add the name of the media source manually in the box or click one of the tabs (e.g. “Email”). 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. This can be added to existing JavaScript files or in a script block as long as it’s loaded somewhere within the HTML body (ideally, just before the closing tag). jQuery (or your alternative) must be loaded first although the Google Analytics tracking code can appear anywhere on the page. /* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */ (function($) { "use strict"; // current page host var baseURI = window.location.host; // click event on body $("body").on("click", function(e) { // abandon if link already aborted or analytics is not available if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || typeof ga !== "function") return; // abandon if no active link or link within domain var link = $(e.target).closest("a"); if (link.length != 1 || baseURI == link[0].host) return; // cancel event and record outbound link e.preventDefault(); var href = link[0].href; ga('send', { 'hitType': 'event', 'eventCategory': 'outbound', 'eventAction': 'link', 'eventLabel': href, 'hitCallback': loadPage }); // redirect after one second if recording takes too long setTimeout(loadPage, 1000); // redirect to outbound page function loadPage() { document.location = href; } }); })(jQuery); // pass another library here if required The event is recorded with the category name ‘outbound’, action name ‘link’ and the value set to the URL of the outbound page. Public API tny.im has a public API that allows developers to integrate this service with their websites and applications.
Clicks: The total number of times this link has been clicked. Typically, it’s used for recording on-page JavaScript-controlled interactivity such as opening a widget or making an Ajax call. So one of the big advantages of using Eventbrite was creating a mobile integrated system which would work within our website - now 36% of all our registrations take place using mobile.” — Account Director, Brownlee Tri “Eventbrite cut down check-in time by about 66%.
Let's say that you have a website with the homepage that is at: Entering that URL into TinyURL will create a URL like With this you can then redirect someone to anywhere within your site by appending a slash and the pages filename to it. If a member uses a URL and then changes it, that URL will be unavailable for use by other members for six months. Here’s an article that will show you how to shorten links for Twitter.
Element URL contains mailto: This is where the firing rules are truly specific to tracking clicks on email addresses. The distributed link tracking service enables client applications to track link sources that have moved. URL shorteners typically work by redirecting users using a special server response commonly referred to as a "301." This tells the browser that the resource at your short URL has been permenantly moved to the full URL's location. Such scripts avoid many issues with shortening services, keep the domain name as part of the shortened link, and can be made private. In this case, each character in the sequence will be 0, 1, 2, ..., 9, a, b, c, ..., y, z. Last clicked The most recent date and time someone clicked a tracked link in your campaign. If the title is not available you can manually add it. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 22 May 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, May 22, 2011 Thanks. Whether you send out marketing emails or occasional newsletters, you can use Google Analytics to track the effectiveness of your emails.