The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got shortened. You can then choose if you desire to click through to the destination or not.
If you desire to attempt 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 it.

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, developing excellent digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that everybody need to be assisting our students do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

This post initially appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without approval. Sites that routinely steal my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

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

The technique is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A few people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without permission.

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The trick is to add “+” 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 shortening services.
TinyURLs..

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