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

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

The technique is to add “+” 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 been utilized without approval.

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, developing excellent digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that everyone need to be assisting our students do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.

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The trick is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the initial link was that got reduced. You can then choose if you wish to click through to the location 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, 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.

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