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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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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers

Adam Sherk

What are the best tools for publishers looking to track social media activity at the content level? Chartbeat Publishing. Chartbeat Publishing was the first on the scene in this category and it continues to be the most popular. Social Crawlytics allows you to crawl a domain to drill down on social metrics by URL and author.

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How Do I Share A Facebook Post To Twitter?

SocMed Sean

To continue in this series of social media cross-promotion, I thought I’d go ahead and add a follow-up post that answers the question of “how do a share a Facebook post on Twitter?” Bobby shares an amazing cat video that you just have to share with your Twitter friends.

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How Bit.Ly Pro Powers My Short URL

Ari Herzog

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]. I’d been using a Firefox bookmarklet for many months to share long website links on Twitter and in email messages. pro service with a second service to create the Twitter box below.

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Why I Use HZG.BZ as a Short URL

Ari Herzog

If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see a box of text that you can opt to edit and/or publish to your Twitter followers. If you don’t grasp the significance of the URL, hzg is a shortened version of my last name and bz resembles business. as a Short URL at AriWriter. No related posts.

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Should Browsers Display Only Canonical URLs to Users?

Adam Sherk

Sites have been using the rel=canonical link element for a while now to help offset duplicate content issues that cannot be eliminated through URL consolidation. While not a perfect solution it is often the best option available in cases like duplicate content caused by appending tracking codes to URLs (e.g. ?source=rss, source=rss, ?xid=newsletter,

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How to Continue Posting Tweets With Zapier (Sept 2023)

Buffer Social

Due to recent changes to Twitter's API policy and pricing, Zapier’s much-loved integration with Twitter has stopped working (effective August 31, 2023). This means you can’t create any new Zaps using the Twitter integration. Make sure to connect your Twitter account to Buffer once you’re signed up.

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