Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. This sounds like a lot of work if you want to track all your outgoing links. If you leave a middle-rank parameter empty, we still use the data in your lower-level parameters.
Registering a short URL[edit] Some websites create short links to make sharing links via instant messaging easier, and to make it cheaper to send them via SMS. Maybe you want a simple URL to put in a print add, or want to be kind to mobile readers of your content. With Bitly, you can track how many clicks your shortened links receive, plus bookmark and organize your links on your own personalized Bitly dashboard. The website is just as basic it was when it launched, but it does the deed. 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.
Therefore, if a link source is moved to a FAT file system volume the tracking information is lost. Our favorite is YOURLS, but Lessn More is another good free option. Transnational law[edit] Shortened internet links typically use foreign country domain names, and are therefore under the jurisdiction of that nation. 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. In the olden days, if you wanted Google Analytics to track a specific click on a link, you used to have to ask a web developer to fix this up for you.
Without tracking those metrics, how do you know which method is working the best? There are a lot of options for shortening your links, and some even provide additional services like link bookmarking and analytics on your clicks. When users recommend web pages to each other, email and bookmarking sites are second only to search engines. • URLs greater than 78 characters long will usually wrap across a line feed, increasing likelihood of breaking. Example: link UPDATE The above is for the older version of the API - ga.js. Keyword This field should never be used in an email campaign. Authenticate your Google Analytics profile or enter UA-Code manually.
In this article we’ll discover how to add outbound link tracking.
But that's where the myth of having links regardless of where they came from to a website ended. Add Tracking to Email Campaign Archives and Pages To add Google Analytics tracking to your email campaign archives and pages, follow these steps.
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.