Track Your Link Statistics

As you will have seen on the previous pages, when you shorten your links, or when you're logged into Bitly, you'll be presented with some basic stats such as 'Total Clicks', the time of the day those clicks were made, their referrer site and each user's basic location in the world - usually to town or city level.

But now... the bit you've all been waiting for...

So now for the handy little trick I promised you all at the start of the tutorial.

These statistics are also available by copying your shortened URL to your browser's address bar and simply adding a "+" to the end of it. Hit return and low and behold, there are your link's statistics.

OK... no big deal I hear you say. But here's the real gem in this handy little-known tip. You can use this "URL+" trick on any link, be they yours or anyone else's, and access that link's stats. So, for example, add the "+" to your competitors' Bitly links and see how their links are performing. Find out if they are engaging their visitors, when and where they are engaging them - which websites and what geographical locations. Are they even engaging their audience at all?

Armed with even this limited amount of information, you'll be able to tap into their marketing strategies and use them to your own ends.

So go and purge some of your competitors' link tactics and find out what strategies and tactics you're activities are missing out on.

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Thanks for reading.

Sean