Comments on: Tiny URL http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gay http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/comment-page-1/#comment-11799 gay Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:52:12 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/#comment-11799 I did not know at all what Tinyurl site, thank you for the discovery... I did not know at all what Tinyurl site, thank you for the discovery…

]]> By: Kim Wiseman http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Kim Wiseman Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:58:29 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/#comment-336 Steve - very very good point, especially in light of all the malware that seems to circulate around. It's better to be safe than sorry, that's for sure. Steve – very very good point, especially in light of all the malware that seems to circulate around. It’s better to be safe than sorry, that’s for sure.

]]> By: steve http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/comment-page-1/#comment-176 steve Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:53:33 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/technologytidbits/2009/12/15/tiny-url/#comment-176 One nice feature of TinyURL is that you can add "preview." in front of the url given by TinyURL, which will tell you where the redirect is going. This way, if you see a Tiny URL online or are given one, but you don't trust the source, you can check to see what it is, before actually visiting it. For example: if the tinyurl = tinyurl.com/asdf , you would goto preview.tinyurl.com/asdf to find out where it points to. One nice feature of TinyURL is that you can add “preview.” in front of the url given by TinyURL, which will tell you where the redirect is going.

This way, if you see a Tiny URL online or are given one, but you don’t trust the source, you can check to see what it is, before actually visiting it.

For example: if the tinyurl = tinyurl.com/asdf , you would goto preview.tinyurl.com/asdf to find out where it points to.

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