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STEP 2: Create Tags for Tracking Individual Links You can create tags to track lots of different link clicks: – Email addresses – PDF and file downloads – Social media profiles – All external links, or – Just the most *important* external links – Important calls to action (ex: “Register Now”) – Etc., etc…. The macro below will allow you to grab just the hostname from the outbound URL. It is simple to change your permalink structure, though if you have been blogging for a while you will need to redirect your old URLs to the new permalinks.
You can easily manage links and view click statistics. In this example we have used Twitter. utm_medium parameter is used to describe what kind of medium we have used, in this example we have used a Tweet. utm_campaign parameter to define a campaign name, slogan, promo code, etc. utm_term parameter is used to identify paid search keywords. utm_content You could be using a variety of content types in a campaign, this element allows you to differentiate among them. You should use the one that’s right for your use case, but below is what I typically use on this site. Maybe you have the ad for your book in your sidebar, in your footer bar, and after your post content. Tag Name: External Link Tracking » GA Universal Tag Type: Google Universal Analytics Web Property ID: Your Google Universal Analytics UA id Event Type: Event Event Tracking Parameters Category: External Links Action: {{element url}} Label: {{element text}} Value: 1 Non-Interaction Hit: True Firing Rules Links - External Conditions {{event}} equals gtm.linkClick {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^/[^/] {{element url}} does not match RegEx (ignore case) ^[\w:]*//(www\.)?searchsignals\.com You can always rename the category and change the order of the label and action if you want to see it differently in the default Google Analytics view. For example: Bitly is one of the most popular link shortening services, and the one we prefer to use with CoSchedule.
Macro Name: element text Macro Type: Custom JavaScript Custom Javascript: The .textContent property is built into most browsers which is nice, but you can always adapt the macro to use innerHTML or innerText depending on your needs. You can use Analytics Events to track clicks on links that take users to a website other than your own.
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.
Once you've found a domain you like, you'll need to register it. For segment A, the value will be “A”, for B, “B” and “Final” for the Final version of the AB Winner/Auto Winner test. Or maybe you’re an organizer that’s spending a significant amount of money or time working on getting your event featured in a publication or email blast. To track only the HTML version of your campaign, and not the plain-text version, you can create a custom tracking code using Google's resources and add it to the HTML of your campaign. Tip: Storing unique values in the appropriate parameters can drastically improve report performance. The Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl), the Bitly URL shortening service and the Tiny URL service all offer basic click stats. Track how many users send a referral by using a “sent invitation” event This also allows you to see how often different user segments invite their friends, which can be an important performance metric. You can use this service with or without an account. 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. I can even include retargeting (remarketing) in the same link. You can even get your money before your event with our Advance Payouts program. Ever heard the saying, ”the shorter the better?” Well, I actually, made that up.