See What’s Behind a Bitly Link Without Clicking On 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 exact same link but include “+” to the end of it so it reads like this.
bit.ly/ 2ZZnuP2+ you will go to the Bitly page where I reduced my original URL.

Ive produced a number of brief 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.

Bitly is a practical tool for creating brief URLs to share in location of long URLs. Ive used it for several years to create customized URLs that are easy for my students to type. Some individuals utilize Bitly to attempt to mask URLs to try to get you to click on wicked links. There is an easy method to see where a Bitly link will take you without having to actually click on the link..
The trick is to simply 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 shortened URL is hosted and will reveal you what the initial link was..

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