article thumbnail

The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) have been one of the primary methods for jumping from one webpage to another. Unfortunately, URLs become long and complex as subdomains, subdirectories and tracking codes are added. As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem.

URL 103
article thumbnail

Google Registers Google Analytics Domain Name Typos

Bill Hartzer

On a regular basis, I watch the domain names that Google registers, as sometimes it is an indication of things to come–sometimes the registration of a domain name may indicate a future project. One of the domain name typos that they registered is coogle-analytics.com. coogle-analytics.com.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Selling Your Domain Name with LeadRefs

Bill Hartzer

At the very top of the page you can put in a URL to check to see if a domain name is available. I got the error message “Our internal risk system has prevented us from finding leads for this domain due to its material”. Once I closed the banner, I was taken to the main page of the website.

article thumbnail

Domain SEO Service Registration Corp. Domain Registration Scam

Bill Hartzer

Unfortunately, there are still people out there, like Domain SEO Service Registration Corp., It’s a shame that these scams exist after all these years, as they have morphed from a search engine submission to even a domain name registration scam. Domain SEO Service Registration Corp. 5379 Lyons Rd.

SEO 157
article thumbnail

Search Engine Optimization Tip: Check the Whois on Your Domain Name

Bill Hartzer

This is only one SEO tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. Technically speaking, Whois is is a query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet.

article thumbnail

Search Engine Optimization Tip: Include Keywords in URLs

Bill Hartzer

They should also be found in your URLs. This is a logical step to really get more overall benefits from your SEO efforts. Here is what Matt Cutts says about Keywords in URLs: Your domain name is a big place to start. You can also place keywords into your sub domains, but it is a bit more complex to accomplish.

URL 104
article thumbnail

How to Properly Redirect a Domain Name and Get Link Credit

Bill Hartzer

I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website.