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Short links and redirects

Short, trackable links to your pages — and old addresses that send visitors to the right new page.

Short links

A short link is a brief address, like link.lanlan.site/menu, that opens one of your pages. Short links are good for printed flyers, QR codes and social media bios, and each one counts its clicks.

Make one on the Links page (under More in the sidebar):

  1. Under Build a share link, pick the page you want to share.
  2. Optionally add tracking tags — the source, medium and campaign — so you can see on the Analytics page which post or newsletter brought people in.
  3. Shorten it, and download a QR code if you want one for print.

To choose the ending yourself, open Advanced: shorten a custom URL at the bottom of the page and type it in (2–20 letters, numbers or hyphens). Otherwise Lanlan makes up a short one.

Open a short link on the Links page to see its clicks over the last 7, 30 or 90 days, with countries, devices and the sites people came from.

Good to know:

  • A short link can only point to one of your own Lanlan sites, not to other websites.
  • Short links are made on the Links page; Lanlan can't create them from the conversation yet.
  • On Pages & SEO, each published page's Share link button opens the same tool.

Redirects

A redirect sends anyone who visits an old address to a new one. Use it when you rename or remove a page, so old links and search results still work.

Ask Lanlan in Tell Lanlan:

Or add one on the Redirects page (also under More): the address to catch (starting with /), where to send people (another page on your site, or a full web address), and the type. The default, 301, tells search engines the move is permanent, which is right almost every time.

Good to know:

  • Redirects match one exact address. /team catches /team and /team/, but not /team/rosie. There are no wildcards.
  • New and deleted redirects can take up to 5 minutes to work everywhere.
  • The Redirects page shows how many times each one has been used.

Short links and redirects are included on every plan.

What to try next

If you get stuck

Ask Lanlan. In Tell Lanlan, "I can't figure out how to…" almost always gets you unstuck. For anything Lanlan can't help with, email support.