Unless you want to track URLs, you have no need to run to an outside website in order to make your URLs smaller, Twitter only counts links for a certain number of characters now. Organize all my important digital resources with easy to remember, keyword-rich short links.
Just keep in mind that there are a couple more characters in this option as compared to others like Bit.ly, Goo.gl and Ow.ly, so it's not exactly the shortest URL shortener.Welcome to TinyURL!™ Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Recently bit.ly announced the addition of a premium service to its URL-tracking system.
For example, if you use an adgroup-level tracker and attach a campaign parameter, the parameter will be ignored and the traffic will be assigned to the adgroup. To use custom campaigns, you add UTM parameters to your URL which are then recorded in your custom analytics report.
The downside of this approach, however, is that if a user visits your shortened domain without a directory path on the end, they will be directed to a Bitly branded page. Click the numbers next to each URL to view the contacts who clicked that link in your campaign. Often the redirect domain name is shorter than the original one.
Click the numbers next to each URL to view the contacts who clicked that link in your campaign. Click 3 Last Click: The time and date when the link was last clicked.Linking out to high quality websites can be an important UX and SEO signal. It allows for custom domains so you can brand your shortened link. Because plain-text campaigns don't use hyperlinks to hide MailChimp's tracking information, subscribers who view your plain-text campaigns will see the full tracking URLs. Before we answer that question, lets first talk about why would you want to track links in Google Analytics? Link shortening adds another of redirection to an “already creaky system“, according to Joshua Schachter, the founder of Delicious. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse.