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Open Graph Metadata: Customize a Link Preview

Open Graph is a protocol that allows you to customize a generated preview data when you share a link on social networks. Social media is a significant driver of most of the site's traffic. As a result, the ability to manage the power of social meta tags is a vital skill for today's marketers. The tags affect conversions and click-through rates hugely. For example, have you ever shared a link on Facebook only to find that the thumbnail was missing, or there was a totally different picture than

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Link Shortener for TikTok

TikTok boomed in 2019–2020. The app's audience continues to skyrocket. TikTok is considered a marketing tool for promoting your brand and sharing creative ideas and advice. TikTok doesn't provide a built-in URL shortener, so you need to appeal to a third-party service. Fortunately, Short.io provides a browser extension that allows one to shorten links straight from a web page. The Short.io Chrome/Firefox/Edge extensions make it easy to create branded links on TikTok in a few clicks and leverage

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How to Launch TikTok after Clicking a Link

Short.io provides Android targeting to open a mobile application after Android users click a short link. Today, on the Short.io blog, we will show how to create a short link that opens a mobile TikTok app on the specified page. When using Android targeting, visitors will end up on a TikTok page after clicking a short URL. As a result, you can use the TikTok link to open a TikTok channel or a video. That helps to promote and increase the number of likes, comments, followers. The advantage of th

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8 Ways to Use QR Codes

During the coronavirus pandemic, the use of QR codes is gaining popularity. The advantage of using QR codes is that the instrument does not require to make contact, which helps avoid unnecessary touches and decreases the chances of infection. In this article, we'll learn why you need to use QR codes in offline marketing, where to apply them, and how to create them. Take a closer look if you want to keep up with the Joneses. When it comes to promotion in the offline world, the set of tools is li

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Mobile Short Links to Launch Google Drive

Short.io provides Android targeting to open a mobile application after Android users click a short link. Today, on the Short.io blog, we will show how to create a short link that opens a mobile Google Drive app on the specified page, if the app is insalled. When using Android targeting, visitors will end up on Google Drive after clicking a short URL. As a result, you can automatically open necessary files on the app without redirection to the browser. That helps to provide a better access to a

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How to Restrict Access to Pages

Are you looking to publish premium online courses or other information limited to some visitors? You might want to restrict your content to users who have paid for the course or other trustworthy visitors. With Short.io, you can easily protect such information with password protection. What is password protection? It is a very straightforward function that allows you to protect individual pages by assigning a password. Everything is simple: Anyone who knows the password can access the content.

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Situational Marketing: Tools to Learn the Latest Trends

Situational marketing is an instrument to grab audience attention. It is a brand’s response to the latest news. Applying situational marketing in the marketing strategy allows drawing attention to the company and increase brand recognition. This can be any success or failure of actors, sport sensations, a release of a long-awaited movie, or a strategic mistake. One of the first examples of situational marketing is the tweet of Oreo, published on February 3, 2013. In the United States, during th

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Subdomain Auto-Configuration

How can DNS configuration be done better? Right, automatically. Today, on the Short.io blog, we introduce to you the method on how you can automatically configure subdomains. Now, if you want to add a bunch of subdomains to Short.io, you don't need to set the DNS for them separately. When it comes to automatic subdomain configuration, a wildcard DNS record comes in handy. What Is a Wildcard DNS Record? A wildcard DNS record is a record that will match requests for subdomains you haven't alrea

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Opening YouTube after Clicking a Link

Short.io provides Android targeting to open a mobile application after Android users click a short link. Today, on the Short.io blog, we will show how to create a short link that opens a mobile YouTube app on the specified page. When using Android targeting, visitors will end up on a YouTube page after clicking a short URL. As a result, you can use the YouTube link to open a YouTube channel or a video. That helps to promote and increase the number of likes, comments, followers. The advantage o

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How to Import Short Links in Bulk

If your current link-shortener doesn't meet your requirements — it is too expensive, it has few features, support is too slow — import your links to Short.io. You can do this easily and without losing the original URLs and associated data. Note: If the URL shortener doesn't allow exporting links, contact Short.io support. Straight to the video guide or follow the instruction: 1. Request your current URL shortener for exporting links. 2. Get a file with short links. 3. Go to your Short.io

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Organize Short Links by Using Folders

What is the basis of a productive day? Sure, well-organized work. Well-organized work starts with a tidy mind, a tidy desk, and good time management. A 'tidy desk' can mean more than just an organized workspace. Here, we also refer to your PC desktop, mobile desktop, documents, notes, and so on. You increase your chances of doing your work well by organizing your notes for work and other business affairs. This is why services such as Trello, Notion, Google Drive, etc. are really helpful. Short

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Mobile Short Links to Launch Twitter App

Short.io provides Android targeting to open a mobile application after Android users click a short link. Today, on the Short.io blog, we will show how to create a short link that opens a mobile Twitter app on the specified page. When using Android targeting, visitors will end up on a Twitter page after clicking a short URL. As a result, you can use the Twitter link to open your business/personal page or a Twitter post. That helps to promote and increase the number of likes, comments, followers

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