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06 May, 2013

3 most popular URL Shorteners For Redirecting & Tracking Affiliate Links


Have you probably noticed all the short and pretty links on different blogs and Twitter ?. Perhaps you’re unsure of which one you should use, or if it makes any difference.
But it does.

The main reasons people use URL shorteners are to make very long affiliate links shorter and prettier or to track clicks on the links, or both.
So here is a break down of the shorteners I am using and the reasoning behind it.

1.Clicky.me

This shortener is connected to Clicky Web Analytics
 and you must have an account with them to use it. You can register for it for free, and you can even use the Web Analytics feature for free for one site. It is a great service and I highly recommend it.

2.Su.pr

This shortener is a part of StumbleUpon and you must have an account with them to use it. Registering an account is free.
There are some great features you can use with Su.pr:
§  you can just shorten the URL
§  you can write a tweet or a Facebook update with the shortened URL and send it out
§  you can schedule the tweet or the update for a later time

The absolute winning feature of this shortener — when someone clicks on an URL shortened with Su.pr, at the top of the screen they will have a StumbleUpon toolbar which increases the chance of the page being “Liked” on Stumble and going viral.
This shortener has a tracking feature and you can use it to shorten Clickbank links.

3.Bit.ly

Bit.ly or Bitly.com is probably the most popular and used shortener out there. You can use it without registering or logging in, but if you want to have the history of clicks and links you should create an account.
You can customize your URLs but since it is so popular you will have to be very creative to get a name that hasn’t been taken yet.
This shortener does have a tracking feature but don’t use it to shorten Clickbank links because people who click on the shortened version of the URL will get a big warning (and you probably won’t make a sale):
Clicky Web Analytics

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