Changing your URL several times may make it hard for people to find you. 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 this article we’ll discover how to add outbound link tracking. For example, links that point to a page on will rewritten with any available link subdomain sharing that domain (e.g. ). Adding all three of these would give you a URL similar to: This would create a segment displayed in your dashboard as “AdNetwork > CAMPAIGN_1 > ANY_NAME > REPLACE_ME.” Go ahead - try it!
Linkrot[edit] The convenience offered by URL shortening also introduces potential problems, which have led to criticism of the use of these services. Another privacy problem is that many services' shortened URL format is small enough that it is vulnerable to brute-force search. This total includes clicks on other occurrences of this link on this module. This has been risky in the past because errors can result whenever users manually enter links. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar.
The reason for this is because cookies cannot be set cross-domain, and pageviews, interest data and campaign-specific purchase attribution would not function. Since longer URLs can be so cumbersome to copy and paste without looking strange with line breaks, why should we ever use longer URLs? This will receive an clicked-link events as they bubble up through the DOM.
With Bitly, you can track how many clicks your shortened links receive, plus bookmark and organize your links on your own personalized Bitly dashboard.
When you check the box to enable tracking, we'll show the campaign title as it will appear in your Google Analytics account after the campaign is sent. You may add larger groups in-between, though, like different offers, campaigns or otherwise. The links are permanent, they will work as long as WordPress.com is around.
But now I have the option to make special mistake-proof short links for print purposes. When this feature is used, links to your site that Sailthru includes in your email campaigns are wrapped in a redirect URL beginning with link.