There is a simple method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without actually 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 initial URL was.
You can attempt this trick with a URL that I just recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you directly 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 created the shortened URL..
View this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to discover out whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for many years. As a registered user I can develop custom-made, reduced URLs that people can actually spell. I utilize 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 always long..

Applications for Education.
Structure good digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that all of us must be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our students build their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.

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 on it.

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

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive used for numerous years. There is a simple way to quickly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really 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 redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.

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