Ive created a couple of short video demonstrations of how this technique works. This is the Instagram video that I made about it. This is the YouTube video that I made about it.

You can attempt this with my Bitly link of.
bit.ly/ 2ZZnuP2 which will take you to the registration page for my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter (.
https://practicaledtech.com/weekly-newsletter/). If you try the same link however include “+” to the end of it so it reads like this.
bit.ly/ 2ZZnuP2+ you will go to the Bitly page where I shortened my original URL.

Bitly is a hassle-free tool for developing brief URLs to share in place of long URLs. Ive utilized it for several years to produce personalized URLs that are easy for my trainees to type. Unfortunately, some individuals use Bitly to try to mask URLs to try to get you to click dubious links. Fortunately, there is a simple way to see where a Bitly link will take you without needing to really click the link..
The technique is to simply add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was. That will then show you the Bitly page on which the shortened URL is hosted and will reveal you what the original link was..