Saturday, August 28, 2010

Using Tweetie and Tweetings to Auto Track Twitter Links

I recently posted an article on how to track clicks on URLs you share via TweetDeck. I've just done a bit of research and I've found the following articles on how to enable custom URL shortening with Tweetie and Tweetings. This means you can use the WunderCounter to track links via these clients as well:

http://developer.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/custom-shortening/
http://www.tweetings.net/iphone/custom.html

If you know of more Twitter clients which support this feature, please let me know.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Use TweetDeck? Automatically Track Links You Post on Twitter, Myspace and Facebook




Please note: this functionality is currently available to Premium users only.



If you use TweetDeck to post to Twitter, Facebook or Myspace, you'll know that it can automatically shorten URLs for you. What you may not know is that TweetDeck allows you to choose your URL shortening service. You may choose from a list of pre-defined providers and you may also specify your own, custom URL shortener. The instructions are laid out for you nicely on the TweetDeck Support site.

The only other bit of information you need is the actual WunderCounter URL which you'll need to enter into TweetDeck. You'll need to do the following after logging in to your account:

  • Select "API" from the "Options" menu
  • Agree to the terms, if you have not already done so
  • Copy/paste the TweetDeck URL listed on this page
That's it! Just enter that URL, which already has your API credentials embedded into it and paste it into your TweetDeck preferences. You'll be able to auto-shorten and auto-track any URLs which you post via TweetDeck.

Let me know if you have any questions/comments about this new functionality.