Recently I wrote
a blog site post about how to see whats concealed behind a Bitly reduced URL without really clicking the link. The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking it. A few individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. The answer is it deals with
TinyURLs..

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

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, building great digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that everyone ought to be helping our students do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got reduced. You can then choose if you desire to click through to the location or not.
If you desire 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 initial link without clicking on it.

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

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

This post initially appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. It has actually been utilized without approval if you see it in other places. Websites that frequently take my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.