If you want 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.

Bitly is a handy URL shortener that Ive used for lots of years. As a signed up user I can produce custom-made, shortened URLs that people can in fact 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 provided by those services are incoherent and constantly long..

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for numerous years. There is an easy way to quickly identify 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 include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was.

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

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

Applications for Education.
Structure good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us need to be assisting our students do. Showing them little tips like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can help our trainees build their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

Not all Bitly users are utilizing them for excellent reasons. Some individuals use them to hide wicked links. There is a simple method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The technique is to simply add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was. That will then show you the Bitly page on which the reduced URL is hosted and will show you what the original link 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 current Intro to Teaching History With Technology webinar. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL+ will lead you to the Bitly page where you can see my initial presentation URL and see when I created the shortened URL..
See this short video to see how you can use the “+” trick to find out whats concealed behind a Bitly link..