The trick 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. If you see it in other places, it has been used without permission.

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

The trick is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got shortened. If you want to click through to the destination or not, you can then decide.
If you desire to attempt 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.

Recently I wrote
a post about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly shortened URL without actually clicking the link. 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 dealt with other URL reducing services. The answer is it deals with
TinyURLs..

Ive attempted the “+” trick with a bunch of other URL reducing tools and TinyURL is the just one besides Bitly that Ive discovered it to deal with..
Whats the technique?

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, constructing good digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everybody ought to be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the ways that we can help our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.