Link shortener for
media & publishers
A big chunk of your article traffic shows up in analytics as vague "direct" visits — most of it is really WhatsApp forwards, Telegram shares, and DMs that strip their referrer on the way in. Truthylink tracks dark social separately, so every article link you share comes with real distribution data instead of a shrug.
Bot & fraud filter
Watch a story travel after you hit publish
Most analytics tools lump WhatsApp forwards and DM shares into a vague "direct" bucket. Truthylink tracks dark social separately, so you can see how far a story actually spread beyond the first share.
See where your readers actually come from
Dark-social tracking by app
Referrer source is split into direct, social, search, email, and web — and app-level recognition names WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other apps specifically instead of folding them into 'direct'.
Real numbers on private shares
A story that spreads through group chats and DMs looks invisible in most analytics tools. Truthylink attributes that traffic to the app it came from, so private-share reach is no longer a guess.
Bot-filtered readership counts
News aggregator crawlers and scraper bots hit published links constantly. Bot-flagged traffic is separated out so your readership numbers reflect people, not indexing bots.
Branded links for every story
Short, branded slugs for articles and newsletters read as legitimate in a WhatsApp broadcast or push notification, where readers are quick to ignore unfamiliar shortener domains.
QR codes for print and events
Every short link gets a downloadable QR code instantly — drop it on a print edition, a press badge, or an event banner without a separate QR tool.
Destination health checks
If a syndicated link or a partner's landing page goes down, you're alerted right away instead of finding out when a reader complains about a dead link.
How publishers use Truthylink
Shorten every article and newsletter link
Give each story a branded slug before it goes into a newsletter, a push alert, or a social post — one link works everywhere you distribute it.
Watch shares move through dark social
As readers forward the link on WhatsApp or Telegram, or paste it into a DM, that traffic is tracked under its own source instead of vanishing into 'direct'.
Compare distribution channels story by story
Pull up the referrer breakdown for any article and see how much reach came from search, social, email, or private shares — useful for deciding where to invest next.
Filter out crawler noise before reporting
Bot-flagged hits are excluded automatically, so the readership number you report to an editor or advertiser reflects actual people.
Catch a dead link before readers do
If a linked page moves or 404s after publication, destination health monitoring flags it so you can fix or redirect it before it shows up in a correction.
Try it free for 14 days
Pro trial — no credit card required. Unlimited links, dark-social tracking, and bot-filtered analytics.