Tr.im Dies, Do You Know Where Your Links Are?
Tr.im Dies, Do You Know Where Your Links Are?
As if to put a little exclamation point on Saturday’s post, “Twitter’s DOS Attack (And Why Social Media Sucks)” the URL shortening service Tr.im announced Sunday that they’re closing their doors.
We marketers use different methods to shorten URL’s, and for different reasons.
While on Twitter, we may shorten a long URL just so it doesn’t take up the 140 character limit Twitter imposes.
But we also use URL shorteners sometimes to mask affiliate links. http://yourclickbankid.clickbakproduct.hop.clickbank.net is unattractive, long and kinda weird for your site visitors to click on. Instead, we use one URL shortening method or another to make those long, ugly affiliate links into something a bit more palatable.
And as such, we’re dependent on whatever method we use to shorten those long URL’s to remain *working* – if we choose a method of URL shortening that goes the way of Tr.im, our links may no longer work!
The lifetime of a single Tweet is minutes, perhaps a few days – but for the most part, a tweet and any link associated with it doesn’t necessarily need to “live” forever. Shortened some tweeted links with a now-defunct URL shortening service 14 months ago? Probably not going to cut into your bottom line.
But an old friend of mine used to always say, “Safety first!” And as such, I use Bit.ly to shorten any URL’s I tweet. Why? Bit.ly is Twitter’s default URL shortening service. While nothing is ever 100%, I’ll assume due to their association with Twitter that Bit.ly will be around for a while and as such, my tweeted links will live on, should they need to.
Finally, the Twitter client Seesmic will allow you to integrate you Bit.ly account so you can shorten URL’s to your Bit.ly account from within Seesmic.)
So on the Twitter front, we’re ok. But what if you’re using a URL shortening service to mask affiliate links elsewhere (your money site, blog, or external sites, like Squidoo)?
You’ve got to change those links to be links that you have control of!
You absolutely *must* use a method of shortening/redirection that is dependent on your own domain. That way you have control of the links and you know they’ll always work.
If you’re using a WordPress setup, you can use the plugin Redirection to do just that – Crowd Mountain members know alot of the little tips and tricks for using this plugin. But the basics premise is that it’ll take http://yourclickbankid.clickbakproduct.hop.clickbank.net and change it to http://www.yoursite.com/product/ – and it’ll give you stats on the number of clicks the link has received so you can track reader’s interest and conversions.
What’s more, if you find out that the product you’re directing visitors to just isn’t converting, you can change where your redirection link goes to to test another product, without having to edit the links you’ve placed on your site or over the ‘net.
The point I was making in “Twitter’s DOS Attack (And Why Social Media Sucks)” and the point I’m making here is that you must be in control of your business, particularly the elements of your business that bring you leads, subscribers, sales and ultimately, your income.
Depending on any one (free) service to host your content or lead visitors to the “Buy Now” page will ultimately award you with a headache, at best!
Another free resource you might enjoy is the Social Media Myth, where Michelle MacPhearson explains the reason most marketers aren’t having success with their social media marketing and devises a simple plan for you to follow. Unfortunately, we try to do too much with too little, the Social Media Myth is the answer.
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Because I came from a home where God was not welcome; I know what it's like not to have Him in the center.
I have now been a born again Christian for twenty six years now and in that time, I've seen too many lives changed for the better, (mine included) and seen too many miracles to believe it's all been a coincidence.
Since when is Twitter a place for #spam? Seriously who clicks links that are supposedly their own RT or mentions? #dislike
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"I would do" refers to the future, although grammatically it gets confusing, as the future form is will. I'm not sure if this is at all grammatically correct to begin with…
i.e."Some time I would do that."
"I would be doing" refers to the past or the present.
i.e. "Had I not gone with her, I would be doing…"
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You might want to talk to your parents about that and get them to speak to the school. If the school establishes a "do not say bless you rule," that is one thing but I don't think a teacher has a right to make up rules like that. Do not disrespect your teacher but try to find out if you can get something done about that. You have rights.
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According to some of the logical answers I've read
my conclusion is that the BLS is oxygen deprivation
and NOT heaven.
(not to be confused with BLS Basic Life Support)
PS: I just don't see any real scriptural support for the
concept of going to heaven and back to
earth in seconds, minutes, days without
changing in form from flesh to spirit.
Try to access the song through an Internet website and listen carefully to the areas in question.
Incidentally, your question is a rarity indeed–one of the first I've seen that is grammatically correct. I wish I could offer better suggestions than what I have done.
If this doesn't help–and I attempted to hear the song on the Internet–consider going to a music store and see if the sheet music is available. If you cannot read notation then ask a clerk to hit the highest notes of the song on the piano.
They all mean the same thing, they're just phrased differently. I'm sure your native language as several different ways of asking how someone is; it's no different for English.
I’m afraid to try and trim my stache in fear that I’ll mess it up and it’ll look so dumb I have to shave everything.