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Google Analytics and Short.io direct integration

Short.io integrates with Google Analytics directly. You are not required to implement any third-party service or JavaScript code to the website. Just Input a tracking code to Short.io domain settings, and Google Analytics will get the traffic data**.**

Note

Google Analytics integration requires the Pro plan.

How to integrate with Google Analytics 4​

Google Analytics configurations​

  1. Sign in to your Google Analytics Account and open the Admin menu:

    Google Analytics home page with Admin menu highlighted

  2. Click on Data streams:

    Google Analytics Admin showing Data streams option

  3. Click on your stream name:

    Google Analytics Data streams list with web stream

  4. In the next screen navigate to the Google tag section and click on Configure tag settings:

    Google Analytics Web stream details with Configure tag settings

  5. You can review and copy your Google tag:

    Google tag settings page showing tag ID

Note

Make sure you complete the data collection activation by following the setup instructions from the Web stream details screen.

Google Analytics data collection activation warning

Short.io configurations​

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. Navigate to the Domain settings.

  3. Click on Tracking and in the Google Analytics property ID field enter your tag:

    Short.io Tracking page with Google Analytics property ID

  4. Save the changes.

Hereafter, you can review the browsing statistics for your link in the Google Analytics Report section:

Google Analytics Realtime overview report