Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber

Paul Hooper · 02-09-2009, 12:17 AM

Can anyone tell me how i should go about getting rid of those ugly long links that appear when i send a broadcast from Aweber? When i set up the broadcast, send out a test message to make sure the links work, they all look great, but as soon as i send the final broadcast they turn into that random mess!
All help greatly appreciated, cheers!

Bruce Hearder · 02-09-2009, 12:26 AM

You get those "long horrible links" only becuase you have click tracking turned on.

If you turn it off, then the normal URL is shown, but you won't be able to get the number of times your links where clicked on..

Hope this helps

Bruce

Paul Hooper · 02-09-2009, 12:31 AM

Thanks Bruce. Is there any other tracking I can use, any software that will tell me if the message has been read and link clicked?
I find the tracking very useful, i am currently experimenting with different subject headings to see what gets the best results so i can't really do without it.

tkulzer · 02-09-2009, 08:42 AM

Paul,

Your best solution would be to use the email web analytics features so you can use your own domain name for all click tracking links instead of clicks.aweber.com. The other option as described would be to turn off click tracking, but obviously you give up a lot of statistics when you do that.

How Do I Hide clicks.aweber.com? :: AWeber Knowledge Base

ezza17 · 03-10-2009, 10:14 AM

one option I am experimenting with is to turn off aweber link tracking and code every link to be tracked by Google Analytics (which I have on my sites), and the put the long convoluted tracking link into tinyurl, to keep it small.

You can find Google's URL Builder tool here:

Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help

Tinyurl is (obviously) here:

TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL

It's slightly longer winded but it works, and allows me to also track links from offline sources (direct mail, etc) by using a tinyurl link.

Obviously, this does NOT integrate with aweber's stats, but otherwise its a winner.

Hope this helps.

Eran

ezza17 · 03-10-2009, 10:15 AM

one option I am experimenting with is to turn off aweber link tracking and code every link to be tracked by Google Analytics (which I have on my sites), and the put the long convoluted tracking link into tinyurl, to keep it small.

You can find Google's URL Builder tool here:

Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help

Tinyurl is (obviously) here:

TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL

It's slightly longer winded but it works, and allows me to also track links from offline sources (direct mail, etc) by using a tinyurl link.

Obviously, this does NOT integrate with aweber's stats, but otherwise its a winner.

Hope this helps.

Eran

02-09-2009, 12:17 AM	#1
Paul Hooper HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Thailand Posts: 191 Thanks: 15 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts Social Networking	Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber Can anyone tell me how i should go about getting rid of those ugly long links that appear when i send a broadcast from Aweber? When i set up the broadcast, send out a test message to make sure the links work, they all look great, but as soon as i send the final broadcast they turn into that random mess! All help greatly appreciated, cheers!
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02-09-2009, 12:26 AM	#2
Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber You get those "long horrible links" only becuase you have click tracking turned on. If you turn it off, then the normal URL is shown, but you won't be able to get the number of times your links where clicked on.. Hope this helps Bruce
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02-09-2009, 12:31 AM	#3
Paul Hooper HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Thailand Posts: 191 Thanks: 15 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts Social Networking	Re: Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber Thanks Bruce. Is there any other tracking I can use, any software that will tell me if the message has been read and link clicked? I find the tracking very useful, i am currently experimenting with different subject headings to see what gets the best results so i can't really do without it.
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02-09-2009, 08:42 AM	#4
tkulzer Tom Kulzer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 349 Thanks: 2 Thanked 49 Times in 19 Posts Social Networking	Re: Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber Paul, Your best solution would be to use the email web analytics features so you can use your own domain name for all click tracking links instead of clicks.aweber.com. The other option as described would be to turn off click tracking, but obviously you give up a lot of statistics when you do that. How Do I Hide clicks.aweber.com? :: AWeber Knowledge Base
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03-10-2009, 10:14 AM	#5
ezza17 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Perth, WA, Australia. Posts: 92 Thanks: 23 Thanked 22 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber one option I am experimenting with is to turn off aweber link tracking and code every link to be tracked by Google Analytics (which I have on my sites), and the put the long convoluted tracking link into tinyurl, to keep it small. You can find Google's URL Builder tool here: Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help Tinyurl is (obviously) here: TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL It's slightly longer winded but it works, and allows me to also track links from offline sources (direct mail, etc) by using a tinyurl link. Obviously, this does NOT integrate with aweber's stats, but otherwise its a winner. Hope this helps. Eran
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03-10-2009, 10:15 AM	#6
ezza17 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Perth, WA, Australia. Posts: 92 Thanks: 23 Thanked 22 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Cloaking Links when sending broadcast from Aweber one option I am experimenting with is to turn off aweber link tracking and code every link to be tracked by Google Analytics (which I have on my sites), and the put the long convoluted tracking link into tinyurl, to keep it small. You can find Google's URL Builder tool here: Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help Tinyurl is (obviously) here: TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL It's slightly longer winded but it works, and allows me to also track links from offline sources (direct mail, etc) by using a tinyurl link. Obviously, this does NOT integrate with aweber's stats, but otherwise its a winner. Hope this helps. Eran
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