Ive developed a couple of brief video presentations 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 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 attempt the exact same link however add “+” 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 initial URL.

Bitly is a convenient tool for creating short URLs to share in place of long URLs. Ive used it for years to create customized URLs that are simple for my trainees to type. Some individuals utilize Bitly to try to mask URLs to try to get you to click on dubious links. Thankfully, there is an easy way to see where a Bitly link will take you without needing to actually click on the link..
The trick is to just include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was. That will then show you the Bitly page on which the reduced URL is hosted and will show you what the original link was..