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

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, building good digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everybody need to be helping our students do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can assist our trainees build their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

The trick is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got shortened. If you desire to click through to the destination or not, you can then decide.
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 on it.

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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.
TinyURLs..

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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 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 elsewhere, it has actually been used without permission.