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How Bit.Ly Pro Powers My Short URL

Ari Herzog

Amid yesterday’s comments about my announcement of a domain I bought to shorten web addresses , Leo noticed [link] redirected to [link] and wondered why I didn’t use a WordPress plugin instead. It allowed me to publish any blog post on this site and automatically create a short URL with this blog’s domain, e.g. [link].

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How to Set Up Blog Comments as Goals in Google Analytics Using WordPress Hacks

Kikolani

Setting up a goal in Google Analytics tells it that someone has completed something important on your website, such as buying product, signing up to your email list, or similar. Method 1: Tracking First Time Commenters Using Thank You Page & URL Destination Goal Type. Step 1: How to Set Up the Thank You Page in WordPress.

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Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy)

Firebelly

51% of Facebook fans said they are more likely to purchase from at least a few brands they are fans of on Facebook. 60% said that being a Facebook fan of a brand would cause them to be more likely to recommend that brand to a friend. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Everything You Need to Know About Inserting and Editing Images in WordPress

ProBlogger

The post Everything You Need to Know About Inserting and Editing Images in WordPress appeared first on ProBlogger. How to edit your image in WordPress itself. While it’s technically possible to insert it in your post using its existing URL on the web, this “hotlinking” is a bad idea. How to insert an image into your post.

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Secure Your WordPress Blog Without Touching Any Code

ProBlogger

Right now WordPress powers 48 of the top 100 blogs online. More than that, WordPress actually powers 19% of the web as a whole. Typical WordPress security problems. WordPress as a whole (a website management platform) is very well designed. This guest post is by Karol K of ThemeFuse. Essentially, this is great.

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

And how do you show the true impact of your metrics with effective data storytelling for executive buy-in? To see data in your new Google Analytics 4 property, either tag it to the website builder or to a CMS-hosted website like WordPress or Hubspot. You can get many dimensions , or attributes of your data, in this report.

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Twitter Direct Messages – Best (and Worst) Practices

Kikolani

Buy, Buy, Buy. I kind of think of it as someone walking up to you and saying “Buy this from me&# without prior greeting or other formalities. Shortened URLs. One way to find out the full link you are being redirected to is by using shortened URL preview options such as: PrevURL.com. Infected Sites.

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