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. Google usually leaves users with a transition path, but they aren't necessarily going to support legacy links forever. Goo.gl Features Goo.gl allows you to enter a long URL and have it create a shortened version. I mean, you won’t be redirected to an ads page like, for instance, Adf.ly. The original URL produced a QR code that is too big to fit on the label so we shorten it first.
Here at CoSchedule we bought cos.sc as our custom domain, and integrated it with Bit.ly. It’s a pain, but the outbound link tracking code shown below won’t work without it. (It could be made to work with legacy Analytics, but it’ll eventually stop working so it’s best to upgrade now.) Custom Event Tracking Analytics supports event tracking.
For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. You can later go back and add additional links to any of your saved bundles. Even after labels are published and in the hands of customers. The source parameter is a place to store information about various traffic sources for a tracking link. In the input box that appears, enter a placeholder value for your publisher so they know where to replace values.
Abbreviate or shorten: Use common abbreviations to make things shorter or just chop off some letters of your name. ADDENDUM: Plan Out Your Events in a Spreadsheet Your event reporting interface in Google Analytics will either look really pretty, or really messy, depending on how you organize your event Categories, Actions, and Labels: Take a look how the profile above has named categories…. do you think they are easy to understand? Using placeholders, media partners can use a single click URL and automatically assign the correct values to your parameters. But links can avoid suspicion and creep in and ruin websites.
The real benefit of using this link shortener comes with using it in conjunction with HootSuite itself for all your social media marketing. For example, let’s say that you have a page on your blog where you sell an ebook. This is key to search engine optimization as it ensures that search engine spiders won't think the shortener URL is the "real" URL to the page. Take a look at your social media feeds and you’ll see that link shortening has really caught on as a practice. For example, if you want to know how many people click on the website link in your Twitter profile, lots of people use a bit.ly link instead of the direct link to their website. Undo Undo Shorten URL @ShortenURL 17 Jul 2011 More Statistics for Sunday, July 17, 2011 Thanks.