It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 26 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 26, 2011 Thanks. You can shorten a link right away, although you’ll need to enter a CAPTCHA code.
This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL. 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. Upgrade my links by putting my name in a custom domain and sharing with friends, family and on social media. Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening. The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats.
Tip Don’t clear the cookies from your browser between posting the shortened link and visiting the URL shortening service to view statistics. Like it or not, we have to admit that Bitly is the best URL shortener service.
Creating the External Link Tracker The last step is to send the link click event, along with the anchor text and URL, to Google Universal Analytics. But like I said, on Twitter, the Twitter folks have already figured out the whole URL shortening thing. If done properly you should have "" on the above box.
An easier way to get to this website will be to copy/paste smallseotools.com/link-tracker in your search browser. When you create menu items on your website, you are creating internal links to the item pages. As you shorten your links, Google will display them below with its long URL version, when it was created, its corresponding shortened goo.gl link and how many clicks it has received. For example: Services Brochure In the above URL we’ve added the parameter “?pdf=Services-Brochure” to the end of the PDF URL link. But, as Matt Cutts says in this video, the page rank and anchor text will flow through the shortened link and that there shouldn’t be any harm in using them…as long as the URL shortener is using a 301 redirect. This means you couldn't register, for example, domain.uk. Without taking this step, visits from emails will be recorded inconsistently.