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

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 elsewhere, it has been used without consent.

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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 reveals what the initial link was that got reduced. You can then choose if you want 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 adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

Applications for EducationAs I composed recently, constructing great digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody must be assisting our trainees do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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

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The trick is to include “+” 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.
TinyURLs..