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 work with..
Whats the trick?

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, constructing good digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everyone must be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the ways that we can assist our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

The technique is to add 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. If you want to click through to the destination 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 it.

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 actually been utilized without permission.

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 shortening services.
TinyURLs..

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

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