There is a simple way to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact 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 original URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I recently shortened. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you straight to a copy of the slides that I used 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 original presentation URL and see when I created the shortened URL..
Watch this brief video to see how you can use the “+” trick to discover whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive utilized for many years. There is a simple method to quickly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The technique is to just add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. As a signed up user I can produce custom, shortened URLs that individuals can actually spell. I use these whenever I need to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion since the default URLs offered by those services are incoherent and constantly long..

Applications for Education.
Structure good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that everyone ought to be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is among the methods that we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.

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.

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

If you desire to attempt 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 original link without clicking on it.

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