Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive used for several years. As a registered user I can develop customized, reduced URLs that individuals can really spell. I use these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion due to the fact that the default URLs offered by those services are incoherent and always long..

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

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

Applications for Education.
Structure good digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that all of us must be helping our trainees do. Showing them little tips like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can assist our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

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There is an easy method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The trick is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I just recently shortened. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you straight 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 presentation URL and see when I produced the reduced URL..
Watch this short video to see how you can use the “+” technique to learn whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

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

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. There is a simple method to rapidly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The technique is to merely add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was.