The trick 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 been utilized without consent.

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

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

The trick is to add a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got reduced. If you desire to click through to the destination or not, you can then decide.
If you want to attempt 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 initial link without clicking on it.

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The technique is to add “+” 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.
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, building great digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that everybody must be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees build their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.