How to Use Bitly

HOW TO USE

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Open www.bitly.com

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Click on Sign Up


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Create a Free Account


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Either by Facebook,

Twitter or Creating an

account in Bitly.


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In this case, click on Sign Up

With Facebook


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Click on Okay


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Click on OK one more time


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Then, click here


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Paste a long URL here to

shorten


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Open a website of

your preference.


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Click on the link


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Now press:

Ctrl + C for

Cmd + C for

Go back to Bitly.


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And click here


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To paste :

Ctrl + V for

Cmd + V for

This appears


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Go to Custom Bitlink


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Click on the arrow down button


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And select bitly.com


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Then, click here to

customize the link


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Fill in the Link


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And click on Save


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Your new link is created


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Click on Copy


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Open a new tab


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Paste your link here


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On your keyboard, hit

Enter.


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Voila! Youre redirected to your

website.


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Click on the Close icon


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Next, click on Your Bitlinks


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Click on this icon to

Edit Bitlink


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Fill in the Title


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Click on Save


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Click here to Add a Note


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Click on Save


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And click on Archive


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To remove link on

Archive.


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Just click on Unarchive


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Close it by clicking here


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Now, click on Bundles


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A bundle is

a collection of

Bitlinks.


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Click on Create a new bundle


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Fill in all the Information


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Then, click on Make bundle


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Click on Add a Bitlink

to this bundle


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Paste your newly

created Bitlink here


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And click on Add


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To send Bitlink, click on Email


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But! You need to

verify your Email

first.


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Click here


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And select Settings


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Click here


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Open your Email


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Click on Sign In


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Locate the email from Bitly


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And click it to Open


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Click on the Link


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Account Verification Successful


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Now, click on Email


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Fill in the Information


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When done, click on Send


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To share Bitlink, click on Share


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This appears


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Click here and say something

about it


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And click on Post


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If you wish to make

Bitlink Private.


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Click on Make private


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If you want to delete

bundle.


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Just click on Delete bundle


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Then, click on Delete the bundle


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In this case, click on Cancel


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Now, click on Stats


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Aside from URL

trimming, Bitly also

offers tools to


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view statistics related

to users that click on

the link.


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It provides you

information on how

many viewed your

link,


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and from what region

in the globe viewed it.


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Click on sort by arrow down

button


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Select Date Created


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Click on Clicks arrow down

button


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Select Clicks


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Then, click here to sort date


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Select Past 30 Days


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Hover over the yellow

bar graph result


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Or here


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Scroll down


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You can also track the Referrers


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And the Countries


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Next, click on Your Network


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If you wish to view

their Networks stats.


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Just Hover on the Bitlink


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And click on View stats


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Bothered by a

buddy's Bitlink?


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Just hover on their picture


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and click on Mute


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Buddys Bitlink is removed, to change

that go to Settings.


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