WP vs 3rd party URL shorteners for twitter, and analytics
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When you use publicize to alert your Twitter followers of a new WordPress blog, WordPress can automatically generate a short URL for your post, beginning in WP. However, there is also the possibility of using a 3rd party service like bit.ly or ow.ly.
O WordPress.com gurus, in your wisdom can you reveal any important difference between going WP vs going 3rd party? Specifically, I am thinking about the visibility these different options offer you for understanding your traffic sources and patterns (etc). Your thoughts?
ta!
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The other websites could close down making all their links dead links. I believe one well known service recently shut down but for the life of me I can’t remember their name. But the WordPress links will always be here.
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N.B. this question was also answered via another thread:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/tracking-for-wp-url-shortener
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