Link Analyticswithout raw IP tracking
Track visits, referrers, countries, and device types for saved short links without building a visitor fingerprinting system.
Metrics
Enough signal to decide what worked.
The dashboard focuses on link-level performance instead of individual visitor tracking.
Visit counts
See how often each short link is accessed, with a running total and per-link breakdown in the dashboard.
Top referrers
Understand whether clicks came from social platforms, email, direct visits, or other sources when that header is present.
Country breakdown
Review country-level traffic derived at redirect time without storing the raw visitor IP address.
Device mix
Track desktop, mobile, and tablet access patterns to understand how people open your links.
How it works
Privacy comes from deciding what not to keep.
SafeSlug records useful redirect summaries while avoiding persistent visitor identifiers.
Aggregated analytics, not visitor dossiers.
When a visitor clicks a SafeSlug link, the redirect handler derives a country code and device class from the request. It does not store the visitor's raw IP address, user agent string, or any persistent identifier.
Referrer information is captured from the Referer header when available. Redirect responses include a no-referrer policy so destination sites do not receive your short-link domain as the source.
Why use privacy-first link analytics?
Many link shorteners turn analytics into broad tracking: IP addresses, user agents, fingerprints, and long-term visitor identity. That creates compliance overhead and collects more data than most link decisions need.
SafeSlug keeps the useful parts: visit counts, countries, referrers, and device mix. Teams can see which links perform without retaining raw personal identifiers.
This is a better fit for client resources, privacy-conscious campaigns, and developer workflows that prefer less data by default.