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 reducing services.
TinyURLs..

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the initial link was that got reduced. You can then choose if you wish to click through to the destination or not.
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, however including a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the original link without clicking it.

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, building great digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everyone must be assisting our trainees do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our trainees build their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it in other places, it has been utilized without approval. Sites that regularly steal my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

Ive tried the “+” trick with a lot of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the only one besides Bitly that Ive found it to work with..
Whats the technique?

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

The technique is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of people 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 approval.