GoTryTHIS 2 Support ConnectionCommunity-aided support for GoTryTHIS 2

Now that GoTryTHIS is setup, the next step is to start adding the links you will publish on the Internet to be clicked and tracked through GoTryTHIS. Any link you would normally publish can and probably should be replaced with a GoTryTHIS link on one of your domains so you can track it, and redirect it elsewhere sometime in the future if needed.

Examples of Links To Create:

• Replace all your affiliate links with normal looking links to a what appears to be a page on your web site, which then redirects to the affiliate link. You might also cloak the link to continue to hide the real link after they arrive at it, though there are strengths and drawbacks to cloaking.
• Buy domains names for promotions and replace the index.html file with a GoTryTHIS link, redirecting yourdomain.com/index.html to wherever you like, all controlled from one place. For instance a generic domain name could be redirected to any affiliate link or client site you are on contract to promote. Then you can can redirect to a competitor later if another affiliate program might do better, or if the client you are promoting stops paying.
• Replace all your Pay-Per-Click destination links with GoTryTHIS links so you can track the clicks and keywords from different PPC providers, in one place, in real-time.
• Create various links to a tracking image, and track impressions in HTML e-mails or any page you can edit the HTML on, including some social network pages, pages throughout your web site and sales process, and many off-site purchase thank-you pages.

Usually, you will put each link into GoTryTHIS just once, no matter how many places you publish it. (Sometimes you might want multiple links to the same destination.)

Instructions:

1. Login to the dashboard and click the “Management” menu link at the top right. You will see the following:

2. In the “Name” field, type in a reference name for this link so you can easily identify the link in the link list later.
3. In the first part of the “Redirect” field, select one of the domains you setup to be used with GoTryTHIS. This is the first half of the new redirect link you are creating.

In the examples, we use “anexamplesite.com”, a real domain name we own and use for tutorials. You will use any of your own domains, and can setup 1, 5, 20, or all your domains, depending on your license.

(You can setup domains in the Dashboard in a minute or two each, with our fully automated installer, SetupBOT.)

4. In the second part of the “Redirect” field, make up some unique filename (with optional folders) that will complete the new redirect link you are creating.

Notes: The file cannot exist on your web site. If it does, people will reach that file, not the link you create in GoTryTHIS. Folder names are optional and it does not matter if they exist or not on your web site. The file can have any standard web extension such as .PDF, .DOC, .HTML, .GIF, etc, or no extension, which is often preferred for the campaign feature.

5. In the “To URL”, paste the link you normally would send people to. This can be a link to anything on the Internet, such as a web page, PDF, image, affiliate link, etc.

6. Optionally, Also:
   • Add descriptive tags to group your links into multiple, custom groups, and for quick searching.
   • Cloak the link for branding, SEO, and further affiliate link protection.
   • Cloak the link and embed an affiliate link, within the terms and services of the affiliate link being promoted.
   • Cloak the link with the customizable co-branding bar, for two additional chances to engage your audience.
   • Split-test affiliate links to find the most profitable or best converting.
   • Save your affiliate login information for reference.
   • Enter in notes about the link.
   • Set options like case-sensitivity and redirect type 301 or 302 for SEO purposes.
7. Click the “Save” button to create the link.

Notes: You are now finished creating a basic redirect link. It may take a couple of seconds before it starts working, but it is almost instant. When you create a link, it switches the list view to the “Newest” filter, which lists the links in order of creation. The newly created link will be at the top of the list. The form resets after saving a new link, so you can right away start adding another new link. (So, the newly created link will not be selected for editing after saving.)

Always Confirm The Link Works:

You should always confirm that the link works, especially the first one. If you created a link with an existing filename, it will not work. The existing file will appear instead. If you later add a real file with the same URL as a GoTryTHIS link, the GoTryTHIS link with the same URL will stop working.

1. Take a look in the link list directly below the form you just filled out and click on the blue text of your new link to see if it works. It will be the link at the top of the list after you add a link. It should open up the link you entered into the “To URL” in a new window or tab. Once verified, close this window or tab.
2. At the bottom of the link list, click the small ring of grey circles to refresh the link list. (It is in the center of the footer of the link list.) You should see that there is now one click on the link. If not, try waiting a few more seconds and refreshing the list again.

Video Demonstration:

Create keyword-rich redirect links to help ranking and SEO.

Notice that the redirect link we create here uses our own domain name instead of branding someone else’s site, has custom SEO friendly terms “marketing” and “tracking”, looks like a normal link, and is meaningful to the person clicking.

In this example, we put in “marketing/tracking.html”. The folder “marketing” does not exist. GoTryTHIS does not create folders or files on your site and the links still work.

In part 2, see how to use those links, and some of the things you can do with them.