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301.Pro is a modern link shortener for teams with a real-time rules engine to collect clean analytics and modify links for time of day, location, and weather.

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Bitly started showing interstitial ads before redirecting to your content. Your visitors see their ads first. 301.pro/blog/bitly-shows-ads…

Bitly Now Shows Ads Before Your Links — Here's What That Means for Your Brand

Bitly's free plan now shows interstitial ad pages before visitors reach your destination. If you're sending customers through a Bitly link, they're seeing someone else's ad first. Let's talk about...

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You sent 100K SMS messages with a tracking link. Do you know which recipients actually clicked? You should. 301.pro/blog/click-truth-sms…

Click Truth: Knowing Exactly Who Clicked Your SMS Link (Without Being Creepy)

SMS marketing has a unique advantage: you already know the phone number. Click Truth connects the click to the recipient — without exposing personal data in the URL.

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You sent 100K SMS messages with a tracking link. Do you know which recipients actually clicked? You should. 301.pro/blog/click-truth-sms…

Click Truth: Knowing Exactly Who Clicked Your SMS Link (Without Being Creepy)

SMS marketing has a unique advantage: you already know the phone number. Click Truth connects the click to the recipient — without exposing personal data in the URL.

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Same billboard QR code. Someone in Denver sees Denver content. Someone in Miami sees Miami content. That's geo-routing. 301.pro/blog/qr-code-billboa…

Your QR Code on That Billboard Points to the Wrong City — Here's How to Fix That

You printed 10,000 flyers with the same QR code for three cities. The QR code points to your Dallas page. You're in Chicago. Geo-routing fixes this without reprinting anything.

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GDPR fines are hitting billions. Your link shortener collects IP addresses on every click. Are you compliant? 301.pro/blog/gdpr-ccpa-short…

GDPR, CCPA, and Your Short Links: A Practical Compliance Guide

Your short links collect click data. That data includes IP addresses, device info, and location. Here's what privacy regulations actually require — in plain English.

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Branded domains on short links aren't a nice-to-have. They're a 34% CTR increase waiting to happen. 301.pro/blog/branded-short-l…

Branded Short Links Get More Clicks — Here's the Data

Generic short links like bit.ly/3xK9mQ look like spam. Branded links like yourbrand.301.pro/spring consistently outperform generic short links in click-through rates. Trust is the reason.

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The QR Code Market Hit $15 Billion — Here's What Smart Marketers Are Doing With It

The global QR code market crossed $15 billion. The brands winning aren't just generating codes — they're building dynamic, measurable, intelligent QR strategies.

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Location time device = a link that knows who's clicking and serves the right content every time. 301.pro/blog/stacking-rules-…

Stacking Rules: When Your Link Needs to Be Smart About Location AND Time AND Device

One routing rule is useful. Three rules stacked together — location, time, and device — turn a simple link into a decision engine. Here's how composite rules work.

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Vulnerability bots are scanning every short link they find, right now, looking for open redirects. Yours too. 301.pro/blog/short-link-vuln…

Your Short Link Is Being Scanned by Vulnerability Bots Right Now — Here's What Happens

Right now, automated scanners are probing your short links looking for open redirects, injection points, and misconfigured servers. Here's what they're doing and how 301.Pro handles them.

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Bitly went from free and generous to 5 links a month. If you're still on their free plan, do the math. 301.pro/blog/what-bitly-free…

5 Links a Month? What Bitly's Free Plan Actually Gives You Now

Bitly's free plan used to be the go-to for everyone. Now? Five links a month, two QR codes, and ads on every click. Let's break down exactly what you get — and what you don't — so you can decide if...

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Political campaigns in 2026 need one link that routes voters to their district. Generic landing pages lose races. 301.pro/blog/political-campa…

Political Campaign Link Strategy: Routing Voters to Their District Resources

A statewide political campaign has one message but hundreds of districts. GPS-based link routing sends every voter to their district-specific resources — automatically. Here's how modern campaigns do...

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Ad blockers hide 30-40% of your visitors. First-party tracking on your own domain makes them visible again. 301.pro/blog/first-party-pix…

First-Party Pixels: How to Get Complete Analytics When Ad Blockers Block Everything

Ad blockers strip third-party tracking pixels from 30-40% of your traffic. First-party pixels served from your own domain survive the blockers. Here's how they work.

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Rebranding without a redirect strategy is like moving houses without telling the post office. Your traffic just vanishes. 301.pro/blog/preserve-link-e…

How to Preserve Link Equity When You Rebrand or Change Domains

Rebranding without a link strategy is like renovating your house and forgetting to forward your mail. Years of SEO equity can vanish overnight if you don't handle redirects correctly.

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Your QR code's color, contrast, and size affect scan rates more than you'd think. Small design tweaks, big results. 301.pro/blog/qr-code-design-…

QR Code Design Tips That Actually Affect Scan Rates

Your QR code's scan rate isn't about luck. Size, contrast, quiet zones, error correction, and URL length all directly impact whether people can actually scan it.

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GEO is the new SEO. If AI assistants can't find your content, you're invisible to the next generation of search. 301.pro/blog/generative-engi…

What Is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Why Should Link Managers Care?

Google isn't the only search engine anymore. AI assistants are answering questions directly — and they're citing sources. If your content isn't structured for AI retrieval, you're invisible to the...

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You wouldn't buy ads without analytics. So why are you using a link shortener that doesn't filter out bot clicks? 301.pro/blog/click-numbers-l…

Why Your Click Numbers Are Lying to You (And How to Fix It)

That email campaign didn't really get a 45% click-through rate. A huge chunk of your clicks are bots — security scanners, link previews, and crawlers. Here's how to see your real numbers.

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Apple's Mail Privacy Protection broke your open rate tracking. What else is it doing to your link analytics? 301.pro/blog/ios-privacy-mar…

What iOS Privacy Changes Mean for Your Marketing Links

Apple keeps tightening privacy controls — ATT, Mail Privacy Protection, Link Tracking Protection. Here's what actually changed and how smart links adapt.

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One link. Breakfast menu at 7am. Lunch menu at noon. Dinner menu at 6pm. Same QR code on the table all day. 301.pro/blog/restaurant-chai…

How a Restaurant Chain Uses One Link for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Menus

One QR code on the table tent. Scan it at 8am, see the breakfast menu. Scan it at noon, see lunch specials. Scan it at 7pm, see the dinner menu. Same code, different meal.

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Smishing is up 2,534% and most link shorteners still don't scan for malicious destinations. That's a problem. 301.pro/blog/smishing-attack…

Smishing Attacks Increased 2,534% — How Link Shorteners Are Fighting Back

SMS phishing has exploded. Attackers love short links because they hide destinations. Responsible link platforms are fighting back with abuse detection, link scanning, and domain reputation managem...

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Every link shortener comparison says 'it depends.' We actually compared the pricing. No affiliate links, no agenda. 301.pro/blog/url-shortener-p…

URL Shortener Pricing in 2026: A No-BS Comparison

We compared pricing across every major link shortener so you don't have to. Spoiler: the sticker price is never the real price.

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