Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive used for lots of years. As a registered user I can produce customized, shortened 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 always long and incoherent..

There is an easy method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to simply 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.
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 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 developed the reduced URL..
View this brief video to see how you can use the “+” trick to learn whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

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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 initial link without clicking on it.

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for lots of years. There is an easy method to rapidly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The technique is to just include 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.

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

As I do every year, Im taking this week as a break from publishing new article 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 everyone must be helping our trainees do. Showing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the ways that we can help our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.