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How to find out where those short URLs point to

How to find out where those short URLs point to

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Summary by Helpdeskgeek com • ROI Hacks Social Media Marketing Tutorials on Youtube • Published 5 years ago

A great way to avoid visiting phishing websites

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With the popularity of social media and affiliate links, it is essential to convert a long URL to a short one. Even when Twitter increased the character count to 280, space was at a premium and brevity was important. So it is imperative to be able to shorten your links.

But there is also a dark side to short URLs, namely that you have no idea where they are going. When you click on a short URL, you are blindly trusting the person not to send you to a phishing site or a virus download.

If it’s the New York Times or the BBC, that’s fine. You can trust big brands. But if it’s Mr. MysteryMan from MysteryTown, who knows what rabbit hole you’ll be dragged down?