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How Short Links Assist Government Agencies

The technology of link shortening now is spread in most areas of life: education, business development, marketing, and the game industry. It may be unexpected that link shortening can also be used in the government sector, like the e-government that is being gradually implemented. E-government refers to the use of the internet as a platform for exchanging information, providing services and transacting with citizens, businesses, and other branches of government. E-government streamlines the acc

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Components of a Positive Customer Experience

Accurately structured work in managing customer experience is a component for increasing brand satisfaction, loyalty, customer retention, and revenue. A positive customer experience itself also contains some inevitable stages that you need to work hard on. What is Customer Experience? Customer experience is a set of interactions between a client and a company. This process includes all stages during which the company interacts with the customer. CE starts with an engaging billboard and ends wit

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Short.cm — an Alternative to Po.st

In case you were using Po.st to create short links, then you must have known that on January 15th, Po.st wound down. If you are still looking for a new link shortener and can't make the right choice, we suggest you use Short.cm [https://short.cm/] as an alternative to Po.st. Below are some benefits of Short.cm that will push you to start a free trial. 1. Stable pricing policy. Short.cm is the cheapest URL shortener on the market. Why? Every cent counts in the company. Short.cm prices don't in

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Stack of Marketing Tools to Manage a Brand

Nothing is possible without help. All the apps on the Internet interact with each other: e-shop designers use a design service to generate a logo; business analysts of a design service use a heat map service to improve customer experience. Using additional apps for a brand allows double success and find out weaknesses of the service and a way to get rid of them. You can't even imagine how relevant and helpful a service could be. With this point of view, below is introduced a stack of vital tool

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Instant Notifications About New Clicks

Now, you have the opportunity to stay informed with a permanent click flow. Receive notifications when someone clicks a short link. Being notified is a useful way of getting information about recent clicks that will help you to understand your audience more precisely. Create a Short.cm and Segment integration that is targeted to a Slack channel. When an event occurs, we'll send you information about the new click via Slack. How Do You Benefit? * Get notifications when your short links are cli

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Overview of the Short.cm Bulk Features

Short.cm is good at performing bulk functions, which reached six of them last month. We at Short.cm consider that bulk features are indispensable when it comes to saving time and energy. The ability to handle heavy processes, like shortening 1000 links at once, benefits users. Bulk features meet the needs of all users. After all, who doesn't want to save time and increase productivity? Below are the six Short.cm bulk functions of your choice starting from the minor and ending with the major on

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A Broad Comparison of Domain Registrars

Each link shortener provides customers with a generic domain, but mostly, it should be used only for testing purposes. Generic domains go hand in hand with limitations on social networks and email marketing. It's worth buying a custom branded domain to use a URL shortener in full swing. Today, on the Short.cm blog, we'll walk you through the most popular domain registrators to compare their advantages and disadvantages. This lets you make a decision faster when selecting a provider for a short

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How to Filter Click Stream Data on Short.cm

Clickstream analysis is a list of a sequence of links that were recently clicked. The collected data of clicks play a crucial role for marketers, advertisers, and developers. Each click contains broad information about a user. Now, you track not only the general link/domain statistics, but also the detailed data about the click makers. What Metrics are Included on Short.cm Clickstream You can track the detailed data of each click, thanks to the clickstream feature. For example, the user-agent

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Too Many Redirects Error

Have you ever faced the "too_many_redirects" error in your browser when using a short URL? Too many redirects may take place when redirecting to a short link. What does the "too many redirects" error mean? It signifies that a browser or a social network (usually Facebook) does not understand where to go due to a redirect loop. A loop occurs when a link refers to a page, which, in turn, refers to another page. This happens over and over, causing an infinite redirect loop. As a result, the brows

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Say Hello to the Short.cm Changelog

Every two weeks, we on Short.cm published the "What's New" articles that assisted our customers and blog visitors to dive into the life of the service and discover the updates — however, optimization matters. Starting last week, we implemented a Changelog to the Short.cm website. Now all the updates, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes, will be presented in the changelog. What is the Changelog? A changelog is a list of records that contains sequentially ordered changes to the pr

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Introduction to the Short.cm Android App

The Short.cm mobile app on Android is a rational approach to create, share, track, and manage branded links with a smartphone. Below is a list of the benefits obtained by using the mobile application. Note: The Short.cm mobile app requires Chrome 72+ and Android 5.0 versions. Create Short Links on the Go With the Short.cm app, you shorten links on the go, not being chained to a PC. The work process is unpredictable. When an urgent task that requires shortening links catches you unexpectedly,

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Short.cm Use Cases for Christmas Sales

December is a busy shopping month. All the retailer chains, including such giants as Amazon and Walmart, are looking forward to the customers. Customers, on their turn, eager to buy a lot of presents for their close people. In the run-up to Christmas, most companies actively promote various Christmas goods. Many ads with Christmas headlines are spread on the Internet to attract people. Social networks, websites, emails, and SMSs are commonly used to promote Christmas gifts. A common mistake is

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