Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). With TinyURL, you can actually customize the end letters and numbers as an option. Whatever URL shortening service you use, you should probably read through their help to determine whether they also make their links permanent. Consider alternate extensions: If your top choice isn't available, consider using a country code TLD (ccTLD) such as .to or .co. Typically, it’s used for recording on-page JavaScript-controlled interactivity such as opening a widget or making an Ajax call. The reason for this is because cookies cannot be set cross-domain, and pageviews, interest data and campaign-specific purchase attribution would not function.
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. Some URL shortening services support the forwarding of mailto URLs, as an alternative to address munging, to avoid unwanted harvest by web crawlers or bots. Initially Twitter automatically translated URLs longer than twenty-six characters using TinyURL, although it began using bit.ly instead in 2009[10] and later developed its own URL shortening service, t.co.
But if all the links to you use a shorter version, that sort of defeats the point! Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets.
Take time to go through the settings for the plugins as there may be some auto tweets you will want to switch off. Are you struggling to market your website, product or service?
You can use initials for one or more words or, if it works, all of them. Further data will appear in the Behavior > Events pane after a few hours.Track outbound links Find out when users click a link to leave your site. The customizable part of the URL is case insensitive. Use insights from tracking reports to understand who my customers are, spot product micro trends and ratchet up results on the next campaign.