There is a simple way to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The trick is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was.
You can try this technique with a URL that I just recently shortened. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you directly to a copy of the slides that I used in my recent Intro to Teaching History With Technology webinar. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL+ will lead you to the Bitly page where you can see my original discussion URL and see when I created the reduced URL..
Enjoy this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to find out whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive utilized for lots of years. As a registered user I can create custom-made, shortened URLs that people can actually spell. I utilize these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides presentation due to the fact that the default URLs supplied by those services are incoherent and always long..

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

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive used for numerous years. There is a simple method to quickly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to simply add 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.

As I do every year, Im taking today as a break from publishing new blog site posts 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 adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

Applications for Education.
Building excellent digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that all of us need to be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little suggestions like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.