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

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for many years. There is an easy way to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to just include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was.

Not all Bitly users are using them for excellent factors. Some people utilize them to hide nefarious links. There is an easy way to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to just add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was. That will then show you the Bitly page on which the reduced URL is hosted and will show you what the initial link was..
You can try this trick with a URL that I just recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you straight 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 reduced URL..
View this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to learn whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

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Building great digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone should be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

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 original link without clicking on it.

As I do every year, Im taking today 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.

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for several years. As a signed up user I can create custom-made, shortened URLs that individuals can in fact spell. I use these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion due to the fact that the default URLs provided by those services are incoherent and constantly long..