There are two rules to consider: Tracker URLs always supercede parameter values. Some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. 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.
Consider alternate extensions: If your top choice isn't available, consider using a country code TLD (ccTLD) such as .to or .co. There’s no default macro that allows you to get the anchor text of the link, so we’ll create a custom Javascript macro to easily do this. Aside from the custom domains that you can use with the premium option, you can also view campaign comparison charts, download the data as an excel file, filter clicks data, and much more. Instructions Identify and encode your fallback landing page URL Example: https%3A%2F%2Fmyveryowncustomlandingpage.com Select your Adjust Tracker URL Example: Append your custom fallback with the fallback_lp parameter Example: Implement your Adjust Tracker URL within your chosen ad environment to seamlessly redirect your users How to add the pop-up window to your fallback landing page By default, your fallback landing page will not display the aforementioned pop-up window (prompting a redirect to the App Store). The short URL can allow blacklisted URLs to be accessed, bypassing site blocks; this facilitates redirection of a user to blacklisted scam pages or pages containing malware or XSS attacks. Google Analytics won't track redirects that don't contain embedded Google Analytics code.
Bitly also offers a paid version, but it's pretty pricey. For example, .in, the TLD for India, is good for names ending in the "en" or "in" sound. .es, Spain's TLD, is good for plural names ending in "-es". Our agency activities and custom domain portfolio remains private and secure.
This should not contain information already in the campaign name or medium fields. Given the choice between spending time and money to find a different home, or just giving up, the latter won out.[22] Google's url-shortener discussion group has frequently included messages from frustrated users reporting that specific shortened URLs have been disabled after they were reported as spam.[23] A study in May 2012 showed that 61% of URL shorteners had shut down (614 of 1002).[24] The most common cause cited was abuse by spammers.
At the top of the post creation area where you are working on your draft, you can change the slug. That said, we found very little documentation covering what we needed to do, so here we are - sharing what we learned. Then you should get rid of the sidebar ad and focus on the other two placements. Yourls is a way to homebrew your own shortened links so that you don’t have to rely on that middleman. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. If you use an affiliate plugin to format your affiliate links into something like this then you will have to enable tracking of internal links as outbound links. 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. Let’s say the link is www.tech-recipes.com/2017/how-to-shorten-links-on-twitter-easily and it’s then shortened. When you or Sailthru includes a link in your email to example.com/item/123, your email recipients will instead receive a link URL beginning with link.example.com and ending in a tracking code. Go to my.sailthru.com/pages and click a link to a hosted page. As all your Bitly created URLs are saved to your account, you can actually monitor the traffic those URLs are getting.