By doing this, they can centralize all their landing pages in one tracking application, and make changes instantly without having to go back to the websites or pages. Turn your links on and off, point them to a new destination or add new options any time. In addition to easy link shortening, you can use the service with your own domain, customize the characters at the end of your links, get real-time statistics and even see which countries your clicks are coming from.
Many URL-shortener services offer the option to track how many clicks each link gets. In the background, Analytics sends data by requesting an image beacon.
Custom URLs are easy to remember and are generated by the user itself. As all your Bitly created URLs are saved to your account, you can actually monitor the traffic those URLs are getting.
Here’s an example I quickly put together for a bundle of Automator articles I‘ve written- . See the company's blog to learn more about the changes that are taking place. More » TinyURL.com TinyURL used to be one of the top shortening choice in the past, and people still use it a lot today, however it does include a couple more characters compared to others like Bit.ly and Goo.gl.
Before you move on, let me let you know that twitter blocks a lot of link shortening services and has since flag them negatively. 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. This ability is installed on the browser via the TinyURL website and requires the use of cookies.[31] A destination preview may also be obtained by prefixing the word "preview" to the TinyURL URL; for example, the destination of is revealed by entering . Not everyone is a fan of link shorteners, though, suggesting that they only add a possible layer of failure to the web. Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. There are security implications, and obsolete short URLs remain in existence and may be circulated long after they cease to point to a relevant or even extant destination. You can also view a world map where your last 50 clicks came from.