Practical, no-fluff guides on link tracking, QR codes, UTM parameters, and getting more out of every URL you share.
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Marketing · 9 min readWhy a preview card goes blank when a link is shortened, which platforms cache what, and how to make og:image render everywhere, plus a one-minute debug.
QR Codes · 8 min readA QR code can join a WiFi network, draft a text, add a calendar event or drop a map pin. The payload formats, what each does, and the catch with all of them.
Marketing · 8 min readLearn what UTM parameters are, how utm_source, utm_medium, and utm_campaign work, naming rules that keep reports clean, and when not to tag a link.
Marketing · 9 min readA practical UTM naming convention: casing, delimiters, and a fixed vocabulary for source, medium, and campaign, plus the mistakes that split your data.
QR Codes · 8 min readWhat a QR code encodes, how finder patterns and Reed-Solomon error correction work, static vs dynamic codes, and print rules that keep them scannable.
QR Codes · 8 min readQR codes cannot report scans on their own. Learn how a short link inside the code gives you scan counts, locations, and devices, plus what to log per campaign.
Analytics · 8 min readLink clicks are measured at the URL, not the page. Learn what each click records, total vs unique clicks, bot and prefetch filtering, and how UTMs fit in.
Branding · 8 min readSet up branded short links on your own domain: choosing the subdomain, the CNAME record, verification and auto-SSL, plus why branded links earn more clicks.
Link management · 5 min readLink tags are labels you attach to short links so you can filter, group and bulk-edit them later. Learn what tags are, when to use them, and a naming system that scales.
Link management · 4 min readLink folders give every short link one home: a client, a product or a team. Learn what folders are for, how they differ from tags and campaigns, and how to structure them.
Marketing · 6 min readA link campaign groups the short links for one push, stamps them with a shared UTM preset and reports on them together. Learn how campaigns and channels work and when to use them.
Creators · 7 min readPractical link in bio ideas for creators, small businesses, artists, and freelancers, plus layout rules, click tracking, and mistakes to avoid.
Developers · 7 min readWhat happens between a click and the destination: 301, 302, 307, and 308 compared, why tracking short links use 302, and what redirects mean for SEO.
Developers · 9 min readHow to create short links from code: API keys and scopes, your first request, bulk campaign links, rate limits, error handling, and choosing a link API.
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Marketing · 8 min readWhat robots.txt actually blocks, what sitemap.xml actually lists, why Disallow does not remove a page from Google, and why redirects belong in neither.
Marketing · 8 min readWhat Schema.org structured data does, which JSON-LD types earn a rich result, the validation trap that fails Google outright, and where it does not belong.
Developers · 7 min readPercent-encoding turns unsafe characters into %XX sequences. What encodeURIComponent vs encodeURI do, the double-encoding bug, and where it breaks links.