There are no real extra features or services, so this is good choice if you just want to get the job done as fast and as smoothly as possible without all the extra fluff like signing in and CAPTCHAs and other stuff. Other Helpful Macros If you have sites that you frequently link out to or have partnerships with, you might want to roll up the click events by domain name. 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.
In the “Auto-Append Link Parameters” field write the new or current parameter with its respective value, such as utm_medium=MorningEmail You can turn on this setting independent of the Link Tracking setting. There are a lot of things that search engines never find because it's not posted on the web in a fashion that they can interpret. If search engines have not indexed suspicious sites, you can remove them. In this article, you’ll learn how to add Google Analytics tracking to your email campaigns, archives, and list pages. However, standard analytics tools only do a great job in describing activities within the website without dealing too much with your links outside your website.
In the example above we have created a link to be shared on Twitter, as a tweet. utm_source parameter identifies the source of traffic this could be a site, a social media network, newsletter, app, etc. It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WP.com-hosted ones. If search engines have not indexed suspicious sites, you can remove them. Once you are sure that your WordPress site does not have Google Analytics code, go to Settings » Google Analytics. You’ll play a “prove you’re human” game before your shortened link is produced. You'll typically find the unsubscribe link in the footer.
It's also important to note that some countries only allow registrations on what's call the third level — .co.uk for example. Complete control over which campaigns our clients can see in their accounts. Have you given the reports enough time to populate?
Top-level domains of countries such as Libya (.ly), Samoa (.ws), Mongolia (.mn), Malaysia (.my) and Liechtenstein (.li) have been used as well as many others. Undo Undo Shorten URL Retweeted TechCrunchVerified account @TechCrunch 17 May 2011 More Amazon Buys The A. Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. To view stats for your custom campaigns go to Google Analytics Reporting » Traffic » Sources » Campaigns and you will see something like this. If it’s an outbound link, we’ll cancel the click event and initiate Analytics event tracking.