How to check if a site will display Rite.ly Link Ads
Updated February 13, 2023
Some sites block Rite.ly Link Ads, (CTAs on URLs you can share anywhere). Some sites use code that blocks Link Ads.
Note that for links shortened with Rite.ly, Facebook and LinkedIn will not accept them. This is beyond our control; FB and LinkedIn are now blocking all short links created of full URLs. So, if using RiteForge, RiteBoost for scheduling posts, we suggest that you do not shorten links for posts you schedule to LinkedIn or Facebook. If just using Rite.ly, even with custom subdomain, please use them in Tweets, emails, IG comments - and everywhere else - just not in FB or LinkedIn.
If not, the entire site - all pages on the domain - block Link Ads (and will do the same with all Rite.ly competitors, such as Back.ly, Snip.ly, etc.
Nearly all sites and blog posts other than Medium blog posts can take a rite.ly Link Ad. (Search the Rite.ly section of our knowledge base for instructions for Tiktok videos, Youtube, Instagram, and Vimeo videos, Snapchat, Tweets, Facebook posts and much more here.)
Web pages and blog posts: you should test a site you don't know to take Rite.ly ads. When you test a page from a site and find your Rite.ly breaks to the original full URL, we may understand this to be a business decision on the part of the site owner. By blocking their site from being iFramed, which rite.ly does, there are pageview losses. There are prominent aggregation sites, such as Mix.com (formerly StumbleUpon), which rely on the ability to iFrame other site's pages. So, for those that block iFraming, Rite.ly's will break to original URL, your Link Ads will not display, but there is also a loss for them, which is why most sites do not block Rite.ly from displaying your Link Ads.
How to shorten a link and click the Rite.ly link to open in a new tab, see that your Link Ad displays:
Things to know:
This also works with custom domains for Rite.ly and invisible Link Ads, too.
If you test one page from a site and your Link Ad displays or, in the case of invisible Link Ads (just for collecting viewers of your Rite.ly links in tracking pixels), if your link does not break to the original full URL, all pages from that site will allow your Rite.ly Link Ads.
If you would like to use the RiteForge browser extension to test, you can do this by:
Have the RiteForge browser extension installed.
Open a page from a site where you would like to share pages and click the RiteForge browser button.
Under the page title and URL, to the left of the hashtag suggestions, click the back button in the RiteForge Composer modal (popup) that opens.
Click in the Rite.ly URL and then, the Test link, below.
You can get the browser extensions for RiteForge and all RiteKit products at the bottom of the RiteKit site.
Some sites block Rite.ly Link Ads, (CTAs on URLs you can share anywhere). Some sites use code that blocks Link Ads.
Always test a site you don't know before scheduling posts with Rite.ly URLs to ensure that your Link Ads will display.
Note that for links shortened with Rite.ly, Facebook and LinkedIn will not accept them. This is beyond our control; FB and LinkedIn are now blocking all short links created of full URLs. So, if using RiteForge, RiteBoost for scheduling posts, we suggest that you do not shorten links for posts you schedule to LinkedIn or Facebook. If just using Rite.ly, even with custom subdomain, please use them in Tweets, emails, IG comments - and everywhere else - just not in FB or LinkedIn.
In the Rite.ly Dashboard, in the field at the top, enter a full URL, convert to a Rite.ly and open the link. Does your ad display?
If not, the entire site - all pages on the domain - block Link Ads (and will do the same with all Rite.ly competitors, such as Back.ly, Snip.ly, etc.
Nearly all sites and blog posts other than Medium blog posts can take a rite.ly Link Ad. (Search the Rite.ly section of our knowledge base for instructions for Tiktok videos, Youtube, Instagram, and Vimeo videos, Snapchat, Tweets, Facebook posts and much more here.)
Web pages and blog posts: you should test a site you don't know to take Rite.ly ads. When you test a page from a site and find your Rite.ly breaks to the original full URL, we may understand this to be a business decision on the part of the site owner. By blocking their site from being iFramed, which rite.ly does, there are pageview losses. There are prominent aggregation sites, such as Mix.com (formerly StumbleUpon), which rely on the ability to iFrame other site's pages. So, for those that block iFraming, Rite.ly's will break to original URL, your Link Ads will not display, but there is also a loss for them, which is why most sites do not block Rite.ly from displaying your Link Ads.
How to shorten a link and click the Rite.ly link to open in a new tab, see that your Link Ad displays:
Things to know:
This also works with custom domains for Rite.ly and invisible Link Ads, too.
If you test one page from a site and your Link Ad displays or, in the case of invisible Link Ads (just for collecting viewers of your Rite.ly links in tracking pixels), if your link does not break to the original full URL, all pages from that site will allow your Rite.ly Link Ads.
You can also test pages with the RiteForge browser extension
If you would like to use the RiteForge browser extension to test, you can do this by:
Have the RiteForge browser extension installed.
Open a page from a site where you would like to share pages and click the RiteForge browser button.
Under the page title and URL, to the left of the hashtag suggestions, click the back button in the RiteForge Composer modal (popup) that opens.
Click in the Rite.ly URL and then, the Test link, below.
You can get the browser extensions for RiteForge and all RiteKit products at the bottom of the RiteKit site.
Updated on: 13/02/2023
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