Shrink and Track Your URL's

Here’s a simple tip to help you easily shorten a long URL and track how many times people have clicked your link.

I became a fan of Idek.net

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and their URL tool after meeting Adam Covati a couple of months ago at the Raleigh Social Media Breakfast. (Stop by if you’re in town, btw.) Adam did a great job creating the IDEK.net URL shortener.

Add the Idek It! and Tweet it! bookmarks to your URL bar to either quickly shorten or push the link directly to twitter.  The Tweet It! button is one my favorite efficiency tools. I use the Tweet It! button to submit pages, from my websites, to twitter – without having to be on twitter.

Its also nice to use when you want to tweet a link from another site. Idek also works with Tweetdeck and there’s even a WordPress plugin.

The built-in tracking tells you the Total Number of Clicks, Clicks per – minute/hour/day and more than a half-dozen metrics to identify your popular links. (Or your lame links)

Are you using URL shortners effectively?