This is something you’ll often hear from link shortener detractors. On the offer page, you can add the two most common parameters, aff_sub and source, via the Generate Tracking panel. You publicize this page through twitter, facebook, various banner placement on your website, email newsletter, etc. Yet many are retracing their steps and playing clean up.
Example: Nissan uses nssn.co Use initials: This tip works for personal or organization URL shorteners. This method can create some clever domains and also have the advantage of using the domain extension itself as part of the word or words you're trying to convey. Don't use your company name: URL shorteners can also be formed from product names, words common to your industry, slogans or even slang. Change Your Links Anytime Whether you're an internet marketing genius, a rabid social networker, tracking click-throughs on your bulk mail campaign, or if you're just curious about who's clicking what, Linktrack is built with you in mind. Every access requires more requests (at least one more DNS lookup, though it may be cached, and one more HTTP/HTTPS request), thereby increasing latency, the time taken to access the page, and also the risk of failure, since the shortening service may become unavailable.
Links There are two types of links associated with every website, which is: Internal links Backlinks Internal links:These are those links which point to other pages on the same website. On Bitly, click the “Info Page +” link to view statistics. A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links. Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites.
Demos & Tools uses this technique on the sign-in and sign-out buttons to help track the usage of those features. Once this is on your toolbar, you'll be able to make a TinyURL at the click of a button. See if you are using Classic Analytics (ga.js) or Universal Analytics (analytics.js).