As an example, their tracking system could have a macro for ad placement that you use to replace "AFF_SUB", and another macro for traffic source that you use to replace "SOURCE". If you're comfortable with Web hosting and setting up simple PHP and mySQL applications, there are several free scripts you can use to set up a URL shortener on your own server, giving you much more control.
Consider alternate extensions: If your top choice isn't available, consider using a country code TLD (ccTLD) such as .to or .co. Contents Purposes[edit] There are several reasons to use URL shortening. More » Goo.gl Here’s Google’s very own URL shortener, which is a popular choice that’s useful for just getting the job done as quickly as possible. Notes: Your custom URL can have 5-30 letters or numbers.
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We can also store your Google Analytics ID to track visits to your campaign pages and hosted campaign archive, so you can see traffic to these pages in your Google Analytics account. They began to allow publishers to track the links they posted with analytics. This real-time report gives you detailed tracking information about every single click your link receives, as it happens.
Users can create these short links through the web interface at goo.gl, or they can programatically create them through the URL Shortener API. Enter data in the required fields and click 'Track Now.' This utility will display the URL, and if it is indexed by search engines and its PR value. Get Click Alert Emails With any premium account you can get real-time click alert emails every time your link is clicked! 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. Google Analytics won't work if there is a space after the URL in the campaign. Error responses If your request does not succeed, the Google URL Shortener API will return an error response.