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Everything Art and Design · 1 year ago

Wow, great service! Nice idea about doing multiple shortened URLs to determine if it is headline writing (key to any good blog). Thanks for info...gonna start using it today :)

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Kok Choon · 1 year ago

Interesting tool! Just like tiny url but with tracking and notes.

Just like tinyurl 2.0, very convenient, thanks for sharing!

DStudioBali SEO · 1 year ago

Just like tiny url or other shortening url service. I think I will love this service because of their unique name :D

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Tribute Bands · 1 year ago

Hi Jack

This is a fantastic idea but I use Ping.fm to syndicate my content to sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. If I use BudURL it means that I would have to got to every site in my network and submit it in order to track things. This is too time consuming, that was the whole point of using a service like Ping.fm to cut down my time.

John O'Hara
United Kingdom

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JackHumphrey · 1 year ago

John,

I should clarify that I wouldn't use this for every link I put out there. I would use it to test responses from time to time. Remember, the only time you are going to get SEO benefit from a link is if it is a full link. So using any shortening service ALL the time is going to defeat that purpose.

Plus, like you said, it would be too time consuming, no matter what you use to do click tracking.

Just think of this type of thing as taking a snapshot of how effective your presence on certain sites really is. i.e. How many people respond to what you are putting out there at any given time.

If response (clicks) isn't what you expect for the number of fans, friends, or followers you have, this gives you that insight and you can take steps to either make stronger connections with your followers on a given site or move on to other sites that give you better results.

Tribute Bands · 1 year ago

Hi Jack

Thank you for clarifying this for me. I didn't realise that the only time I get SEO benefit is if it is a full link. I suppose I should stop using Ping.fm then because the URL for my posts goes via Ping.fm first before going to the post itself.

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Eligio · 1 year ago

great features, why tinyurl doesn't think about this features, anyway thanks for the review and sharing.

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Julie@Cool Mom Guide · 1 year ago

I just want to be loved. I figure I just need some people to see me, then they'll love me. He he. Good advice, thanks :)

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Linnet Woods · 1 year ago

Here you go Jack!

http://www.squidoo.com/tracking--short-url--links

Cheers!

Linnet

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Andy Meadows · 1 year ago

Hi, Everyone! The gang from BudURL.com here. Just to clarify, we use 307 redirects for *every* budurl link so the SEO love will follow your URL. When your site is spidered, the real value goes to the destination URL, not the BudURL. This is entirely intentional as we don't want to capture your hard-earned efforts. We just want to make tracking even better!

Please email us with any questions and keep the feedback coming! (support@budurl.com)

Many Thanks!

Andy

JackHumphrey · 1 year ago

@Andy - WOW! Did not know that! That will sure change things a bit.

For instance: Give out a budurl instead of a straight link to link partners and you can track how much traffic each link partner sends you. (And rub it in their noses - if it is very little - to get them to give you better placement :)

Use it in autoresponder sequences to track clicks.
Use it in quick emails to your list to track clicks.

Thanks for letting us know!

Therese Prentice - Social Netw · 1 year ago

Thanks Jack,

I used budurl last week to test the traffic for an upcoming project and I was pleasantly surprised where most of my traffic came from to my list. I love the pie chart. Yes I also am using it with specific affliates to track their traffic too.

thanks
Therese

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alexander -social media guy · 1 year ago

That's very cool about the 307 redirect. I'd only heard of the 301 redirect previously.

Will start using budurl service more now because of this.

Alexander

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gladioolers seo test · 1 year ago

wow, budurl seems a cool site.
I'll try it.
thanks.

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