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Link Shortener for Facebook

Facebook doesn't provide a built-in URL shortener and manually copying and pasting links for shortening seems sometimes time-consuming. Fortunately, Short.io provides a browser extension that allows one to shorten links directly from a web page. The Chrome/Firefox/Edge extensions for Short.io make it easy to create branded links on Facebook with a few clicks and leverage URLs for sharing Facebook posts, pages. Note: The method is appropriate for shortening Facebook links from computers. Add

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Link In Bio: 6 Ways To Manage Links On Your Instagram Bio

Instagram is all the social media rage among GEN Z and Millennials. Just as Orkut, and then Facebook took over the internet once upon a time, now it’s Instagram’s turn. But let us admit, Instagram is not that easy. To be honest, I find it annoying, but it is still fairly popular and has around 1 billion active users [https://backlinko.com/instagram-users] according to recent statistical reports of 2021. Why do I find Instagram annoying? Let us say for one you can’t reshare posts as easily as yo

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How to Use LinkedIn for Personal Brand

LinkedIn is a terrific social network that opens doors to plenty of career opportunities. With the help of LinkedIn, finding a new job, partners, or investors is possible. Even though LinkedIn is listed among the social networks, it doesn't take the typical form of social media that we are used to. You'll rarely find photos of pets, dishes, and family portraits there. The basic concept is based on building a professional network. How We Benefit from LinkedIn There are a number of ways in which

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4 Platforms to Launch an eShop

If your business allows building a shop on the Internet, that's luck. Running an online shop, you can do the same as what is done in a physical one: create a design, pay for a platform, and create a range of products. An advantage of an online shop is that you can sell products being at home. The coronavirus pandemic has shown us the importance of online business. eCommerce platforms provide a pre-built interface that can be designed according to your tastes and needs. The platforms let you up

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Shorten Links with Short.io Telegram Bot

Today, on the Short.io blog, we give you one more way to shorten links outside the Short.io dashboard. The Telegram bot is a great tool for creating short URLs without logging in to your Short.io account. Why You Should Use the Telegram Bot for Link Shortening The main advantage of shortening links via the Telegram bot is that it saves time. There is no need to open a browser, log in to a Short.io account, and so on. You just send a long link to the bot, and it answers with a short URL. After t

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6 Ways to Use UTM-Tags to Track Traffic

For any online business, whether it's a small company or an enterprise, it is essential to track the traffic. 100% of traffic doesn't always work in full scale. Even when the overall conversion shows positive results, after discovering more detailed, one advertising campaign produces a high conversion, and another one pulls the rate down. How can you learn which ad brings customers to the site, and which one slows the growth? UTM tags are a useful tool for evaluating the effectiveness of adver

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How Short.io Users Apply Mobile Targeting

The initial purpose of Mobile Targeting, aka Mobile Links, is to redirect users to the relevant web pages of mobile browsers depending on the operating system (iOS, Android). Short.io doesn't limit users in the ways of leveraging the service and extends the possibilities of the features. How to set up Mobile Targeting Learn [https://help.short.io/en/articles/4065847-how-to-use-mobile-targeting] Use Cases for Mobile Links The methods described below show how mobile targeting can redirect vis

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Why You Should Use URL Shorteners in Ads

A shorter link looks neater, offers additional tools for analytics, and fits great on social media. But some of them might seem spammy. And if visitors don’t see a brand name in the link, they may not be brave enough to click on it. So, are shortened links worth it? Why do webmasters still use them and why should you? We’ll review the types of such links and their advantages in this article. Maybe they aren’t suitable for every occasion, but in a lot of cases, you can win by opting for a great

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Short.io has Launched Australian Servers

Short.io now provides services in an Australian region to speed up links in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. Configuration Steps If you use a CNAME record, and if you have bought a domain from us, there is no need to change anything—all your redirects have become faster. Unfortunately, there is no way to use the new servers if you have configured domains with A records. Please update your configuration by changing A records to CNAME records with the "cname.short.io" value to speed up

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Short Deep Links for iOS on Short.io

Deep links redirect users to the app after clicking a short link. If users have your mobile app installed, they are redirected to the app. If not, they are routed to the app page on a mobile browser. Deep linking is available for both iOS and Android. Note: Deep linking requires the Team Plan. Here's a detailed instruction on how to enable deep linking for iOS on Short.io. Deep Linking in iOS: Universal Links via Apple App Site Association (AASA) Apple introduced Universal Links in iOS 9. U

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How to Manage Indexing of Short Links

You can prevent your short link's appearance in Google Search results by managing a short domain's settings. Short.io provides access to editing Search engine policy that in turn modifies robot.txt file. To completely prevent short links from appearing in Google Search results, we need to send "X-Robots-Tag: none" in HTTPS headers. When Googlebot next crawls that page and sees the tag or header, it will drop the page entirely from Google Search results, regardless of whether other sites link t

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How to Use Facebook Ads to Reach Global Markets

Reaching a global audience is not a piece of cake. You need exceptional skills, experience, commendable strategies, and a thorough understanding of the audience. If you are worried about targeting the international audience in your next campaign, do not worry! Today, I am going to share some valuable tips for targeting global markets. So, let's begin: ⦁ Translate Ads for the Local Audience Never make the mistake of using the same ads for every country. If an ad is doing well in one country, y

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