There is a simple method to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The trick is to simply include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you straight to a copy of the slides that I utilized in my current Intro to Teaching History With Technology webinar. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL+ will lead you to the Bitly page where you can see my initial discussion URL and see when I created the shortened URL..
See this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to discover whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

As I do every year, Im taking this week as a break from publishing new article and will be republishing a few of the most popular posts of the year. Heres one from April.

If you wish to try this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, however including a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking on it.

Heres a video overview of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without in fact clicking on the link.

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive used for lots of years. As a registered user I can produce custom, shortened URLs that people can actually spell. I utilize these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion because the default URLs provided by those services are incoherent and always long..

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Structure great digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everyone ought to be helping our students do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can assist our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive used for lots of years. There is a simple method to quickly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The technique is to simply include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was.