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

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, building good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us ought to be helping our students do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the ways that we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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. If you see it in other places, it has actually been utilized without consent.

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

The technique is to add a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got reduced. You can then choose if you wish 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 initial link without clicking it.

Last week I wrote
an article about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly shortened URL without in fact clicking the link. The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking it. A couple of people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. The response is it works with
TinyURLs..

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