Worried About Clicking On A Bit.Ly Link? Follow This Tip.
In the case of Bitly, specifically, the answer is simple. Copy the shortened URL into your browser’s address bar, add a plus sign (+) to the end, and then surf to that address. You’ll find yourself at a page which tells you the full address, gives you a summary of the page you’re heading to, and even gives you some stats about the shortened link such as how many people have clicked on it in the past.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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