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Is there a website that can take a short URL and tell you where is goes to without actually going there? - Barkley Hound - 04-15-2014 03:06 AM
Short URLs like bit.ly/5g34Sd are used all over the place. The only problem is that I assume it would be a simple matter to use one to hide a referral code or lead to a dangerous site. It there a site that will take the short URL and tell you where it really goes without going there?
Oops. IT GOES TO not IS GOES TO
- plutonic - 04-15-2014 03:21 AM
Well, a quick google search for "expanded url" brings up:
http://longurl.org/expand
Which appears to do the job.
- Educator - 04-15-2014 03:22 AM
What's behind that short link? Try Unfurl.com, this will let you see how trustworthy the short URL is.
http://unfurlr.com/
If it's a short url that was created by google as seen below. Then you can check the analytics by putting .info after the short URL in the web browser. IE http://goo.gl/otXuMl.info
I use the google shortener and analytics to see who visits my webpage.
http://goo.gl/otXuMl is my webpage by the way.
Cheers,
- Luke Terrance - 04-15-2014 03:36 AM
http://cutroni.com/blog/2011/10/19/path-analysis-in-google-analytics-with-flow-visualization/