Quick and Easy Short Link Maker

Bitly is great for tracking and shortening web links. You'll have to add parameters prior to loading into Bitly but it's seriously the best way to shorten links for social media. Sometimes Bitly will report higher numbers than the social media or analytics account you use to monitor, so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. That said, that shortcoming is apparent with nearly every reporting system and Bitly is practically mandatory in the world of Twitter.

Using Bitly to create shareable, trackable short links for social media couldn't be easier. Bitly is super easy to manage and offers easy monitoring of short links. Even with the few shortcomings or cumbersome features, Bitly is ranked number 1 for shortening links for our organization because of how simple it is to use.