Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive used for several years. As a signed up user I can produce customized, shortened URLs that individuals can actually spell. I utilize these whenever I need to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides presentation due to the fact that the default URLs provided by those services are always long and incoherent..

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

Applications for Education.
Structure great digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everyone ought to be helping our trainees do. Showing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive used for numerous years. There is a simple method to rapidly 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 add the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was.

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There is an easy method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without really 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 reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I just recently reduced. 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 discussion URL and see when I developed the shortened URL..
View this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to learn whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

If you want to attempt this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, however 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.

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