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 actually clicking on the link. The trick is to merely add 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.

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

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Building good digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everyone should be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little tips like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is among the methods that we can assist our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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There is a simple method to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact 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 rather of to whatever the original URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you directly to a copy of the slides that I utilized 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 discussion URL and see when I developed the shortened URL..
Enjoy this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to learn whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

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 including a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking on it.

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

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.