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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.

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Mobile apps are a waste of time for associations.

SocialFish

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and my thinking has been influenced by research, including the September Pew Internet report on “The Rise of App Culture,&# and a r eport on global mobile statistics from MobiThinking. I believe that associations need to get mobile right, and fast. This is important.

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Google Rolls Out New Mobile Friendly Tag

Bill Hartzer

Google has started displaying new mobile friendly tag in the search results to show which sites are mobile-friendly and which sites are not. So, if your site is mobile-friendly, and someone is searching on a mobile device, and your site shows up in the search results, it will get a special tag in the search results.

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Siteminis Launches Mobile Commerce Solution

Bill Hartzer

Have you been looking to turn mobile phone “browsers” into buyers? Now can now turn your mobile website into a brand consistent, fully functional m-commerce destinations without losing control or profits to third parties — regardless of the type of cell phone or carrier your customers use. – Working across all wireless carriers.

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Sneak Peak: Google Webmaster Tools Search Impact Report

Bill Hartzer

I was just granted access to the new Google Webmaster Tools Search Impact report , which is going to be available in Google Webmaster Tools. The Search Impact report is currently in Alpha (not even in Beta yet), but it offers a lot more insight into what’s going on with your website.

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Facebook and the Mystery of Organic Conversions

Jon Loomer

Ads Manager doesn’t report on it. It only reports on paid distribution. Facebook only reported on 133 link clicks. In other words, I altered the end of my URL so that Google Analytics could track my traffic and report on those who arrived on my website from that specific link. It only reached about 3.5%

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How to Use ChatGPT for Social Media + 46 Prompts to Get Started

Hootsuite

AI hallucinations are what caused one New York Times reporter to become “deeply unsettled” after the Bing chatbot confessed its undying love for him, and told him to leave his wife. Direct users to this URL [INSERT URL]. Describe the course in 150 words or less, and drive traffic to this URL: [INSERT URL].