Ive created a couple of short video demonstrations of how this trick works. This is the Instagram video that I made about it. This is the YouTube video that I made about 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 very same link but include “+” to the end of it so it checks out like this.
bit.ly/ 2ZZnuP2+ you will go to the Bitly page where I reduced my original URL.

Bitly is a hassle-free tool for creating brief URLs to share in place of long URLs. Ive utilized it for many years to create tailored URLs that are easy for my students to type. Regrettably, some individuals use Bitly to try to mask URLs to attempt to get you to click on dubious links. Thankfully, there is a simple way to see where a Bitly link will take you without having to in fact click on the link..
The trick is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was. That will then reveal you the Bitly page on which the reduced URL is hosted and will show you what the original link was..