5 January 2010 View Comments

How do I Check the Real Link of a Shortened URL?

How do I Check the Real Link of a Shortened URL?

You must beware of shortened links, as they maybe harmful for your computer or security. It’s a wise decision to set your Firefox in a mode that lets you see the destination link before you click to visit the site linked as a shortened URL. However, sometimes you just don’t want to restart your Firefox after installing the plugin. For that situation, here’s a great web-based tool that lets you check the destination URL of any shortened URL on the planet.

1 September 2009 View Comments

Use bit.ly URL Shortener’s Firefox Plugin to shorten and preview links

There is no need to re-describe why URL shortening is necessary. The trend mostly started when the usage of twitter increased, but there is a lot more uses of shortening a long URL to a short one. And that’s what URL shorteners like bit.ly, tinyurl etc have been doing.
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