Can U Get In Trouble For Clicking A goo.gl, Bit.ly or Tinyurl Link?

Ever see those various url shortener services? Ever see something like goo.gl/pv98v? What if you click it and it takes you into a bad neighborhood or a .exe file where you get introduced to animals and insects like a Trojan Horse Or Worm? LOL!

In case you didn't know, goo.gl is Google's url shortening service. If you add a + right after seeing a goo.gl link, you will be directed to Google where you can get some information, a preview if you may, of where the redirect url is pointed. Example below:

goo.gl/pv98v+ <It's a made up url that goes no where>

So from now on if you want to check where the goo.gl is redirected to, copy it, add a + at the end of it and put it into your browser. In order to create a goo.gl url shortener, one has to be logged into their account.

Adding the + to the end of a Bit.ly url will show you a preview as well.

Ever see a TinyURL.com shortener/redirect? If you see an url like this http://tinyurl.com/chpaw add the word "preview" right before it like below:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/chp73 (url goes no where, it's made up)

Doing the preview will take you to Tiny Url's Preview page.

Just wanted to share that.

LastWarrior

P.S. "For those who don't know what these url shorteners are for, it's for replacing a long url like http://www.warriorforum.com/newthrea...newthread&f=18 and replaced to look like http://tinyurl.com/ypdsj (example)"