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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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Google Removing Domain Names From Search Results Increases Internet User Vulnerability

Bill Hartzer

On Thursday, April 16, 2015, Google announced that they are beginning to remove the domain name from the mobile search results. Rather than displaying a URL in the search results or a domain name, Google has begun to display a website name or a website name and a breadcrumb of the website’s page.

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Apparently There Will Be No More Mobile Innovating At Microsoft

Bill Hartzer

Apparently there will be no more mobile innovation at Microsoft. Well, at least that’s the impression you get if you look at the domain names that Microsoft did not renew. Domain names in the.com and.net domains can now be registered. Domain Name: INNOVATEONMOBILE.COM. Name Server: NS1.MSFT.NET.

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Google’s Own Mobile Results Ranking in Google

Bill Hartzer

Especially at a time when Google is pushing the mobile version of websites, wanting all of us to make sure that our websites are mobile friendly by April 21st. A recent search this morning revealed that the mobile version of Google.com is ranking well in Google’s own search results. Well, um, this is embarrassing.

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Google Search Console: Adding Your Website Made Simple

BeingOptimist

Domain Name Provider: If you got your domain name from a special place (a provider), you can let Google talk to them and confirm your website’s realness. STEP 5: Enter Your Sitemap URL Enter the special URL of your sitemap file (usually something like “sitemap.xml”).

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4 Reasons the New Google Local Stack Sucks

Navolutions

While the desktop local stack at least lets users click through to see phone numbers, the mobile stack just displays a “call” button. A search for “roofer in Livermore” on a mobile device. The Local Stack Hides URLs. Display URLs contain a ton of information for users. Thanks for that.

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Your 2011 Digital Marketing Reboot

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The pervasiveness of mobile smartphones ( iPhone , Android , BlackBerry ), tablets ( iPad , Samsung , Dell ) and the entire app economy that surrounds it is quickly becoming a dominant business force. Make sure you own all of the right domain names for your business (and renew the ones that you currently have). domain name.

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