How to know the real Url link to a website if the url is shortened

When surfing the Internet, we do come across different shortened URLS like Bitly, ow.ly,tinyurl and many other url shortner services. Most of the time, we are not too sure if the destination of these shortened urls are safe or not. One of the ways of not falling victim of hacking and phishing links on the iInternet is by knowing the exact link the shortened url will lead you to. This can be done with the help of this simple service called urlreveal.com



With urlreveal service, you can uncover the destination of any shortened url and know the real link before visiting it. Many people fall victim of hacking and phishing links especially on Facebook, Twitter,on their mails, and various sites on the Internet. Most of these links are shortened. I am not saying all sshortened links are hackers links,many of the links are safe but to be on a safer side, one should know the destination of such Url.

Follow the steps below to reveal the real Url of any shortened url like Bitly, ow.ly, tinyurl e.t.c

==> Goto this site www.urlreveal.com
==> Copy the shortened url you wanted to know its real Url and paste/insert into the box.

==> Click the show me the real Url button
It will automatically reveal the real Url i.e the destination of the shortened url.

This will minimize the risk of falling victim of unknown sites, since you hhave the chance to see the real before clicking it.

Hope it helps.