Comments on: Tracking Your TCT (Twitter Click Through)

By: Flavio

Flavio — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:26:32 +0000

But, if a simple user, that you don’t know, put the link as he want, and this link get many clicks… We’ll never know, how many visits were generated by this tweet…
Remember that you don’t have the control about the content generated spontaneously in the web.

By: Mazda

Mazda — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:31:44 +0000

icely done post. I would retweet directly but see no Twitter button on your sociable plugin. I’ll do it the old fashioned way.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:48 +0000

@Tim

I looked around a bit and didn’t see any way to do that. But Twitter does have Google Analytics installed, so maybe if we ask really nicely they’ll share some of that info with us? That would be nice to see how many pageviews your profile page has. Any other reasons for wanting to track this?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:48:20 +0000

Do you know of a way of tracking how many followers click your homepage (as shown in your Twitter profile) rather than the link you happen to be tweeting?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:58:38 +0000

Nicely done post. I would retweet directly but see no Twitter button on your sociable plugin. I’ll do it the old fashioned way. Well done.

By: Eivind Savio

Eivind Savio — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:39:10 +0000

I have made a bookmark version earlier that combines the Cligs URL shortener and Google Analytics campaign tracking.

If I find some spare time I will try to implement bit.ly also. Anyway, you find my solution here if you want to take a look:
http://www.savio.no/blogg/a/82/google-analytics-campaign-url-builder-with-short-url-and-twitter-posting

Keep up the great work on this blog.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:43:56 +0000

@Jmarc – that’s actually something I also do (though I didn’t cover it in the post). The problem occurs when someone views your page with a device/browser that doesn’t execute javascript. For example, with Twitter, there’s a much higher chance that someone could be clicking through from a smart phone and that visit may never register in GA (regardless of appended parameters). That’s why it’s nice to have additional data from a service like Bit.ly.

Hat tip to Tyson – thanks for the link to the sidebar extension – I’ve started using it (although it’s somewhat cumbersome to open it up from >View > Sidebar > Snip-n-Tag and Ctrl+Shift+E doesn’t seem to be working — is there a way to add a button to a toolbar to give easier access?)

By: Jmarc

Jmarc — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:56:41 +0000

Really interesting post but, why not just use ad hoc Google Analytics parameters within the URL you shortened in order to track the link directly in GA reports? (such as campaigns)

By: Tyson

Tyson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:55:56 +0000

If you want to combine URL shortening with Google Analytics tracking, I built a Firefox sidebar extension for this very purpose. Check out Snip-n-Tag (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11492). You can use your own bit.ly account, or choose from other services like cli.gs or tinyurl.

I’ve always felt like metrics from bit.ly and these other services were a bit suspect, so I prefer to use Google Analytics to track Twitter traffic.

Anyways…hope this is helpful. Keep up the great work with the blog!

Tyson