This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey. So understanding how users are interacting with those external links can be helpful. It's only one of the most popular social media management tools currently out there! Assign Parameters: Here is where you assign the tag’s Category, Action, and Label. Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites.
This will receive an clicked-link events as they bubble up through the DOM. Rename, backup, and restore operations preserve object IDs. A corresponding placeholder - {label} - allows you to receive the data that you placed in this parameter on the tracker URL. In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. If you send announcement emails outside the normal flow of newsletters or ads, this might be labeled "announcement". Be sure that you spell gtm.linkClick exactly as it looks: this field is case sensitive.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. The service includes all the custom bit.ly features plus real-time information about the page you are “shrinking.” You can also track clicks to the page and how many times that page was shared and by how many people. Combine methods: Use one or more of the above methods above.
Redirecting focused just on keeping the essential usefulness solid. 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. You can’t deny the usefulness of them with social media (especially Twitter) and the additional layer of analytics you can get on your links.
In this example we have used Twitter. utm_medium parameter is used to describe what kind of medium we have used, in this example we have used a Tweet. utm_campaign parameter to define a campaign name, slogan, promo code, etc. utm_term parameter is used to identify paid search keywords. utm_content You could be using a variety of content types in a campaign, this element allows you to differentiate among 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. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk. This is a nice extra feature if branding is important to you or if you want to make your link easier to memorize. On the Links tab, Click Performance displays your tracked URLs and the number of total and unique clicks for each. WP.me is spam-free, because we are constantly monitoring and removing spam from WP.com. The examples in this guide all use a REST-style JSON protocol.