Last week I wrote
a post about how to see whats concealed behind a Bitly reduced URL without really clicking on the link. The technique is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. If the that worked with other URL shortening services, a few individuals emailed me to ask. The answer is it deals with
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, building great digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everybody should be helping our students do. Showing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the initial link was that got shortened. You can then choose if you want to click through to the location or not.
If you desire to try this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, but including a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

This post initially appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without consent. Sites that routinely take my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A few people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services. If you see it in other places, it has actually been utilized without approval.

Ive attempted the “+” technique with a lot of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the only one besides Bitly that Ive discovered it to deal with..
Whats the trick?

Heres a video summary of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without actually clicking the link.