Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. As a signed up user I can create custom, shortened URLs that people can in fact spell. I use these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion because the default URLs provided by those services are incoherent and always long..

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.

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

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive utilized 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 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 initial URL was.

There is a simple way to rapidly identify 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 rather of to whatever the original URL was.
You can attempt this trick with a URL that I just recently shortened. 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 discussion URL and see when I developed the shortened URL..
Watch this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to discover out 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, 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.

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