How to view a bit.ly links destination without clicking it
Posted: Wed, 14 November 2012, 12:06 pmMany sites use cloaked or shortened links, they are all over the net and sometimes you will want to click one but might not because you're worried about where the link is taking you. There are also sites like cashblurbs where you share others posts before you post your own but you don't want to share someone's shortened link as you don't know its destination.
This is where http://longurl.org/ can help. It will produce the un-cloaked destination of a shortened link for many link shortening services like: tinyurl.com, is.gd, ping.fm, ur1.ca, bit.ly, snipurl.com, tweetburner.com, metamark.net, url.ie, x.se, 6url.com, yep.it, piurl.com, and more..
Thank goodness for services like these, they're not the definitive answer to finding malicious links but they can certainly help.
*Edit - 19/12/2013
We have added a link to longurl.org, you can now access the service by clicking the 'LongURL' link - bottom of posts.
This is where http://longurl.org/ can help. It will produce the un-cloaked destination of a shortened link for many link shortening services like: tinyurl.com, is.gd, ping.fm, ur1.ca, bit.ly, snipurl.com, tweetburner.com, metamark.net, url.ie, x.se, 6url.com, yep.it, piurl.com, and more..
Thank goodness for services like these, they're not the definitive answer to finding malicious links but they can certainly help.
*Edit - 19/12/2013
We have added a link to longurl.org, you can now access the service by clicking the 'LongURL' link - bottom of posts.