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

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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 reducing services.
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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. If you see it somewhere else, it has been utilized without authorization.

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 trick?

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 shortened. If you want to click through to the location or not, you can then decide.
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 initial link without clicking on it.