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

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. If you see it somewhere else, it has been utilized without approval.

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

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Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, developing great digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone must be assisting our trainees do. Showing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the ways that we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got reduced. You can then decide if you wish to click through to the destination or not.
If you wish 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 on it.

Last week I wrote
an article about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly shortened URL 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 it. A few people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services. The response is it deals with
TinyURLs..