How to See What’s Hidden Behind a TinyURL

The trick is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. If you see it somewhere else, it has been utilized without consent.

Ive tried the “+” technique with a lot of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the only one besides Bitly that Ive discovered it to work with..
Whats the trick?

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The trick is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services.
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, building excellent digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone should be helping our students do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

The trick is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got shortened. You can then choose if you desire to click through to the destination or not.
If you wish 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 original link without clicking on it.

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

This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without approval. Websites that regularly steal my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

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