See What’s Behind a Bitly Link Without Clicking On It

You can try 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 attempt the same link however include “+” to the end of it so it checks out like this.
bit.ly/ 2ZZnuP2+ you will go to the Bitly page where I shortened my initial URL.

Ive created a number of short video presentations 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.

Bitly is a hassle-free tool for creating brief URLs to share in place of long URLs. Ive utilized it for many years to develop personalized URLs that are simple for my trainees to type. Some people use Bitly to attempt to mask URLs to attempt to get you to click on wicked links. Fortunately, there is an easy method to see where a Bitly link will take you without having to in fact click the link..
The technique is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was. That will then reveal you the Bitly page on which the shortened URL is hosted and will show you what the initial link was..

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