bit.ly Tweet & Track Chicklet for Publishers
We’re happy to announce a new tool for publishers today: the bit.ly Tweet & Track Chicklet. This little snippet makes it easy for your readers to share a link to any content on your site.
Make it easy for your readers to share links to your content on Twitter and track who clicks them. With one click they can click on a link that lands them in the Twitter compose page with a bit.ly link to your page.
Copy these two lines into the head tag of your HTML page:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://bit.ly/javascript-api.js?version=latest&login=tweettrackjs&apiKey=R_7e9987b2fd13d7e4e881f9cbb168f523"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://s.bit.ly/TweetAndTrack.js?v=1.01"></script>
Then, add this with each item on your blog or content site:
<a href="#" onclick="return TweetAndTrack.open(this, '{Permalink}');"><span style="display:none;">Your custom message - {block:PostSummary}{PostSummary}{/block:PostSummary}</span>Tweet & Track</a>
Substitute whatever template tag or variable you use for permalinks for {Permalink} and your Post Title template tag for {block:PostSummary}{PostSummary}{/block:PostSummary}. You can also add a common custom message where it says “Your custom message - “. This example will work on Tumblr.
Our launch partner for this new sharing tool is The Onion (America’s Finest News Source). Head over there ( or just click Tweet & Track below this post) to check it out in action. If you have anyone questions on how you can integrate this into you news site or blog, hit us up in the comments or @bitly.
