Comments on: A bit.ly of Interesting News http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/12/a-bit-ly-of-interesting-news.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trust & Context | b r a n t s http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/12/a-bit-ly-of-interesting-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-105273 Trust & Context | b r a n t s Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:02:10 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=14856#comment-105273 [...] integrate with their own networks, bit.ly is Twitter’s default shortener, and for now, it is doing things to maintain its [...] [...] integrate with their own networks, bit.ly is Twitter’s default shortener, and for now, it is doing things to maintain its [...]

]]> By: Terry Howard http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/12/a-bit-ly-of-interesting-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-105146 Terry Howard Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:36:37 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=14856#comment-105146 You know, I have discussed my concerns directly with developers of 2 of the top shortener services and had them echoed by other users in regards to some solution to auto-tag shortened URLs from designated domains (IE, your own) with analytics codes to get around the issue of EVERY inbound links from a shortener showing up with no referrer data. Pretty important critical stuff when it comes to gauging the value of your social media efforts, right? Well in every case it was unabashedly stated that it was zero concern of theirs and absolutely last on their list of features. Shortly put, they didn't give a flying flip about anything remotely marketing related (as if analytics was only important for sales.) So, the company that provides quality analytics services wants to jump into that arena and likely provide a well thought out complete and mature solution? I say, about damn time, and good ridance to the short-sighted. .-= Terry Howard´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.terryhoward.net/2009/12/university-creative-minds.html" rel="nofollow">University for Creative Minds</a> =-. You know, I have discussed my concerns directly with developers of 2 of the top shortener services and had them echoed by other users in regards to some solution to auto-tag shortened URLs from designated domains (IE, your own) with analytics codes to get around the issue of EVERY inbound links from a shortener showing up with no referrer data. Pretty important critical stuff when it comes to gauging the value of your social media efforts, right? Well in every case it was unabashedly stated that it was zero concern of theirs and absolutely last on their list of features. Shortly put, they didn’t give a flying flip about anything remotely marketing related (as if analytics was only important for sales.)

So, the company that provides quality analytics services wants to jump into that arena and likely provide a well thought out complete and mature solution? I say, about damn time, and good ridance to the short-sighted.
.-= Terry Howard´s last blog ..University for Creative Minds =-.

]]> By: Skye http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/12/a-bit-ly-of-interesting-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-105140 Skye Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:17:31 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=14856#comment-105140 I don't think you're overreacting - I agree with you and Bob. I too am a Google fan, but it's hard not to step back and note that this all feels a bit "big brotherish," and question how they get away with what we've crucified other organizations for. Then again, Bit.ly has outdone the majority of the other URL shortening service providers out there, and I didn't feel too bad for the other providers I stopped using... it would just be nice to see fair, healthy competition and not have Google own everything that I do. :) I don’t think you’re overreacting – I agree with you and Bob. I too am a Google fan, but it’s hard not to step back and note that this all feels a bit “big brotherish,” and question how they get away with what we’ve crucified other organizations for. Then again, Bit.ly has outdone the majority of the other URL shortening service providers out there, and I didn’t feel too bad for the other providers I stopped using… it would just be nice to see fair, healthy competition and not have Google own everything that I do. :)

]]> By: Bob Williams http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/12/a-bit-ly-of-interesting-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-105058 Bob Williams Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:24:24 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=14856#comment-105058 I'm not a bit.ly surprised at this news. Google continues to stretch the breadth of it's products and services. The fact that they can offer most of these services free of charge to the consumer adds to their adoption rate. I'll admit, I'm a user of many of their free services. But didn't we crucify Microsoft for the same practices? I’m not a bit.ly surprised at this news. Google continues to stretch the breadth of it’s products and services. The fact that they can offer most of these services free of charge to the consumer adds to their adoption rate. I’ll admit, I’m a user of many of their free services. But didn’t we crucify Microsoft for the same practices?

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