{"id":2097,"date":"2016-10-10T11:19:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T11:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethinos.com\/blog\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2016-10-24T09:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T09:58:42","slug":"how-to-shorten-and-track-urls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethinos.com\/blog\/how-to-shorten-and-track-urls\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Shorten And Track URLs"},"content":{"rendered":"

URL shorteners like Google\u2019s own Goo.gl<\/a>, are services that help take longer URLs (which can be above hundred characters long) and convert them into manageable links that are less than 20 characters. URL shorteners are not new \u2013 URL shortener services like TinyURL<\/a> has been around since 2002. But their popularity has increased with the rise of Twitter, which only allows for 140 characters in their tweets.<\/p>\n

Steps to create a shortlink<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Go to the website that creates shortlinks. For this blog we will use bitly.com<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Sign up for the website to create shortlinks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"URL<\/p>\n

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      1. Once you have signed up, you will get the following page\"URL<\/li>\n
      2. Click on Create Bitlink<\/strong> button on the top right corner of the page. Now, paste your long URL in the Paste Long URL<\/strong> Section<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"URL<\/p>\n