When using Google Analytics to track your link, the most common setup is to have the Javascript tracking code for Google Analytics placed on a page where your contacts visit. Turn Click Tracking On or Off For compliance reasons, click tracking is required in all free accounts and new paid accounts. A Microsoft Security Brief recommends the creation of short-lived URLs, but for reasons explicitly of security rather than convenience.[6] History[edit] An early reference is US Patent 6957224, which describes ...a system, method and computer program product for providing links to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected computers. This option can be used with any of the link types (URL, PageA page on a DNN site., File or User). Security Issues Google has a very big advantage over bitly in terms of security.
Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 19 Jun 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, June 19, 2011 Thanks. A circumvention could be that a website provided its own shortlinks instead of relying on a third-party shortening service – but this is not common. Entering unique values into aff_sub or source parameters is a common cause of sluggish reporting. Macro Name: element text Macro Type: Custom JavaScript Custom Javascript: The .textContent property is built into most browsers which is nice, but you can always adapt the macro to use innerHTML or innerText depending on your needs.
Notes: Your custom URL can have 5-30 letters or numbers. On this page enter your Google Analytics tracking ID and click the Save button. Shortened links allow you to share long URLs in a Tweet while maintaining the maximum number of characters for your message. See if you are using Classic Analytics (ga.js) or Universal Analytics (analytics.js).