URL-Shortener & Linkbeheer Blog
VergelijkingenBitly vs TinyURL: Features, Pricing, and Which to Pick
Bitly vs TinyURL compared on speed, analytics, branded domains, QR codes, and price - where each wins, and the EU-residency gap neither one closes.
5 min leestijdbitly vs tinyurl · tinyurl vs bitly · url shortener comparison
VergelijkingenBitly vs Rebrandly: Branded Links, Pricing, and Fit
Bitly vs Rebrandly compared on branded domains, analytics, QR codes, and price - where each one wins, and the EU data-residency gap neither closes.
5 min leestijdbitly vs rebrandly · rebrandly vs bitly · branded link platform
Engineering301 vs 302 Redirects: Which One Should Short Links Use
A 301 is a permanent redirect that passes ranking signals; a 302 is temporary and usually does not. What that means for short links, SEO, and caching.
7 min leestijd301 vs 302 redirect · 301 redirect · 302 redirect
TutorialsUTM Parameters Explained: The 5 Tags and How They Work
UTM parameters are five tags you add to a link so analytics can attribute traffic. What each tag does, which are required, and how to avoid messy reports.
7 min leestijdutm parameters · what are utm parameters · utm parameters explained
TutorialsURL Shortener for SMS Marketing That Carriers Trust
An SMS marketing URL shortener must clear carrier filters and fit the 160-character limit. Branded short links keep texts deliverable, tracked, and compliant.
7 min leestijdurl shortener for sms marketing · sms link shortener · text message link tracking
FunctiesLink Retargeting Explained: Pixels on Your Short Links
Link retargeting puts an ad pixel on your short links, so anyone who clicks - even on content you don't own - joins your remarketing audience. How it works.
7 min leestijdlink retargeting · retargeting pixel short link · add pixel to short link
EngineeringURL Shortener API: Rate Limits, Retries, Idempotency
How to call a URL shortener API in production: token-bucket rate limits, which status codes to retry with backoff, and idempotency keys that stop duplicates.
8 min leestijdurl shortener api rate limits · api idempotency key · retry with exponential backoff
EngineeringDo URL Shorteners Hurt SEO? The Mechanics That Matter
Do URL shorteners hurt SEO? Reputable ones do not - Google passes ranking signals through redirects. The four cases that cost you rank, and how to avoid them.
8 min leestijddo url shorteners hurt seo · are short links bad for seo · 301 vs 302 redirect seo
VergelijkingenThe best EU URL shorteners in 2026 (and why it matters)
Which URL shorteners actually host in the EU, what their sub-processor lists look like, and how to read a residency claim against the underlying infrastructure
11 min leestijdeu url shortener · gdpr url shortener · european url shortener
IntegratiesSlack URL shortener bot: shorten links and route alerts
Install the Elido Slack app, use the /shorten slash command, and route threshold alerts to any channel without writing webhook handlers.
8 min leestijdslack url shortener · slack link shortening bot · slack short links
IntegratiesPipedrive Link Click Tracking: Deals From Short Link Hits
Create Pipedrive deals automatically when an Elido short link crosses 100, 1k, or 10k clicks. Setup, pipeline picker, token rotation.
10 min leestijdpipedrive link click tracking · pipedrive automation · pipedrive deal triggers
IntegratiesNotion URL shortener integration: OAuth + 2-way database sync
Connect Notion via OAuth, sync Elido short links into a Notion database, and pull destination edits back. Field map, scopes, troubleshooting.
8 min leestijdnotion url shortener integration · notion link tracking · notion oauth integration
EngineeringShort link monitoring with Sentry and Datadog
Forward 4xx/5xx redirect events and edge latency p99 to Sentry as issues and Datadog as metrics. Sample dashboards, alert thresholds.
8 min leestijdshort link monitoring · sentry url monitoring · datadog short link metrics
IntegratiesShort link automation: Make, IFTTT, and Elido recipes
Build short link automation in Make.com or IFTTT - schedule link creation, click triggers, fan-out to Mailchimp or HubSpot. Real, field-by-field recipes.
9 min leestijdshort link automation · make.com url shortener · ifttt short links
IntegratiesLinear URL shortener integration - auto-file issues on alerts
Wire Elido broken-link detection and click-threshold spikes to a Linear team. Setup, team filter, label routing, real failure modes.
7 min leestijdlinear url shortener integration · linear broken link detection · linear automation
IntegratiesHubSpot link click tracking: write clicks to deal timeline
Pipe Elido short-link clicks into the HubSpot contact and deal timeline via the conversion-forwarding API. Setup, UTM mapping, and refresh tokens.
10 min leestijdhubspot link click tracking · hubspot url shortener · hubspot utm tracking
IntegratiesEmail click attribution to Mailchimp, Brevo, Klaviyo
Forward Elido click events to Mailchimp, Brevo, and Klaviyo profile timelines. Field mapping, UTM templates, deliverability impact.
8 min leestijdemail click attribution · mailchimp link tracking · brevo click events
IntegratiesDiscord url shortener alerts: Telegram setup, payloads, pitfalls
Send broken-link, click-threshold, and scan-failure alerts to Discord webhooks or a Telegram bot. Setup, payload shape, common pitfalls.
8 min leestijddiscord url shortener alerts · telegram bot alerts · discord webhook short link
IntegratiesBuffer URL shortener for scheduled posts (and Hootsuite)
Run scheduled-post URLs through Elido on the way out: branded short links, per-post UTM templates, click attribution in one workflow.
6 min leestijdbuffer url shortener · hootsuite url shortener · social scheduler short links
FunctiesServer-side conversion tracking via short links
How to forward conversions server-side to Meta CAPI, GA4 Measurement Protocol, and TikTok Events: click_id propagation, deduplication, hashing, and retries.
11 min leestijdserver side conversion tracking · meta capi · ga4 server side