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

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

The technique 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 shortening services. If you see it elsewhere, it has actually been used without approval.

The technique is to add 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 reduced. If you want to click through to the location or not, you can then decide.
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, however including 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 good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us need to be helping our students do. Revealing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the methods that we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.