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

The trick is to add a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the original link was that got shortened. If you want to click through to the destination or not, you can then choose.
If you want 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 original link without clicking on it.

Last week I wrote
The trick 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.
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, building good digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody should be helping our students do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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

The trick is to add “+” 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 in other places, it has actually been utilized without consent.