New in Linq: short links and QR codes on linq.my
Shorten any link on linq.my, get a QR code for it and count every click and scan. On every plan, with your own endings and full reports on Pro and up.
Your card isn’t the only link you share. There’s the menu you print on a table tent, the sign-up form on your last slide, the brochure you send after a call, the booking page in your Instagram bio. Long links are hard to type, ugly in print, and you never know if anyone opened them.
Starting today, Linq shortens them. Open Short links in the app, paste a long link, select Shorten, and you get a short one on linq.my, with a QR code and a count of every click. It’s on every plan, Free included.
How it works
- Open Short links from the menu (on your phone, under More).
- Paste the long link, and give it a name if you like, such as Spring menu.
- Select Shorten.
Your link is ready to copy. Select QR code to download its code as a PNG for screens and documents, or as an SVG that stays sharp on a poster or a booth sign. Scans of the code are counted on the link too, marked as QR code scans.
If the destination changes, select Edit and point the link somewhere new. The short link stays the same, so the flyers you already printed keep working.
Your own endings
On Free, each link gets a random ending, like linq.my/k7m2xq9. With Pro, Teams or Business, you choose it: linq.my/spring-menu, linq.my/webinar or linq.my/jobs. Endings are 3 to 50 lowercase letters, numbers or dashes, and capitals don’t matter, so linq.my/Webinar works too.
See who clicks
Every link has a report. On Free, it shows clicks per day for the last week. On the paid plans, pick up to a year, and see where clicks come from:
- countries
- where from: the apps and sites people came from
- devices, browsers and systems
- link or QR code: how many clicked and how many scanned
You can export the clicks per day as a CSV, and see all your links together in one report.
Clicks from bots, and the previews a chat app makes when you paste a link, aren’t counted. Past a point, neither are repeated clicks from one visitor in the same minute, so a burst from one person doesn’t inflate your numbers.
What each plan includes
| Free | Pro | Teams | Business | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Links working at once | 10 | 500 | 1,000 | No limit |
| How long a link works | 30 days | 365 days | 730 days | Until you delete it |
| Your own endings, full reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
On the paid plans, Renew makes a link work for your plan’s full time again, from today. Expired links don’t count toward the number working at once. And if your plan goes down, nothing changes on the links you already have: they keep their ending and their date.
Put your card on linq.my
With Pro, Teams or Business, your card can move to linq.my too, at an address like linq.my/p/your-name. Open My card, go to Card address and choose linq.my. Your QR code, email signature and Google Wallet pass switch to the shorter address, which is easier to type and makes a lighter QR code. Your card still opens at its old address, so nothing you’ve shared breaks.
Built to stay safe
A short link hides where it goes, so we’re careful about where they can go:
- Every destination is checked with Google Web Risk when you make a link or point it somewhere new, and again every day after that. A link whose destination turns out to be unsafe is turned off, and shows a page saying so instead of sending people on.
- Links must go to public web pages. Linq refuses links to private networks, links with a username or password in them, other short links, and links that download apps, installers or archives.
- A deleted ending is never given to someone else. When you delete a link, it stops working everywhere straight away, and nobody else can ever take its ending. A QR code you printed can never end up pointing somewhere you didn’t choose.
Get started
Short links are in the app now. Open Short links and shorten your first one, or read the guide to short links for every detail. To see how it fits with your card, visit Short links on linq.my, and compare the plans on our pricing page.