How To Find Original Link From Shorten URL

Hey guys here is very useful information for you. Many times you see a link like {http://goo.gl/j5GkIQ} this. When you surf the social media websites like: Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus you surely see the URL like this link. We call it shorten URL. This URL is redirect to other site when we click on it. On internet many sites are there for create a short URL from big one like goo.gl, bitly.com, ow.ly, bit.do, tinyurl.com and many more. People short URL for track the visitor and to know that where the clicks are coming from and to calculate the clickers interest.

Why People use the Shorten URL Service?

Many people use this for their personal use. But some hackers use this to hide phishing links and to spread malware and virus. On internet everyone share their links on social media sites some of them share original link and some of them short them and share the links and we don't know where the link redirect us. Some times these type of site contain virus and malwares.

So here i am tell you how you can expand original link from shorten URL.

Here we go:-

Example: Original link is http://hackingyard.blogspot.com and the shorten URL is http://goo.gl/1da2wr

Tool for Find original Link:

On internet many sites are opened to expand original link from a shorten url or you can also install extension on your browser. If you use the sites that can expand the shorten link then first you have to paste the shorten link to the site then they show the original link like shown in the image.

- Open the site. {Link}

- And paste the shorten link in the box.

- Click on Check It Button and it will show the result like below.

- The link is in the box.

Similar Sites like unfurlr.com:- http://longurl.org/ , http://unshorten.it/

But you can also use extensions:-

If you use the Google Chorme Browser then click on the below given link and install it then it will start showing you link like as shown in the image.

Extension: LinkPeelr

Install this extension first and move the mouse cursor on the link but do not click on link it will show the link.

If you use the Firefox then install the below given extension this extension works properly.

Extension 1

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