Episode #340: Using Google's URL Shortening Service Goo.gl

Description:
In this episode Eli the Computer Guy talks about why using Google's URL Shortening Service can be an invaluable tool for web publishers. He shows you how to use the service and explains how you can use it to track how links that you publish are used when you post the to services such as Facebook where you cannot get good analytics.

Notes:
Goo.gl is the web address for Google's URL Shortening Service
Create an Account and only shorten URLs while logged in to that account to be able to easily track shortened URL's
Goo.gl allows you to see what sites the users click the links from, where they are geographically, what web browsers they use, and what platform they are on.

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