Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive utilized for several years. As a signed up user I can produce custom, reduced URLs that individuals can really spell. I utilize these whenever I need to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion since the default URLs supplied by those services are incoherent and always long..

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. There is an easy way to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The trick is to simply include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.

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Structure good digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody ought to be helping our trainees do. Showing them little tips like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can help our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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

Not all Bitly users are using them for good reasons. Some individuals utilize them to hide dubious links. Fortunately, there is an easy method to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The technique is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was. That will then reveal you the Bitly page on which the reduced URL is hosted and will reveal you what the initial link 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 utilized 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 developed the reduced URL..
View this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to discover whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

Heres a video introduction of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without in fact 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 it.