Reveal Hidden Short Urls with TinyURL Decoder

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Ever hear of a TinyURL? A few years ago there was a time when giving links to others had them cringing in disgust as they saw a blue highlighted mammoth string of digits and letters filling up the screen. So how was one to control the clickable ugliness? Why shorten the URL of course!

Unfortunately this little blessing has turned into a menace of its own. The simple reason being that since you can’t seen the whole URL string (which is hiding behind the shortened URL that you actually can see) you don’t really know what you’re clicking on. Once internet mass marketers got hold of the technology they started hiding links to their products, affiliate links or unwanted pop-ups etc.

To avoid any such surprises, affiliate links, or other deceptive uses of TinyURLs, you can install a Greasemonkey script called TinyURL Decoder. It is a small script that lets you go back to old days when you could see exactly what you were clicking on so that you can make an educated guess on whether its worthwhile or not.

All you need to do is place `TinyURL decoder’ script in the appropriate directory of your browser and thats it. It should start working instantly. Also, the service is just not limited to TinyURL. In fact there is a huge list of other URL shortening services that it supports.

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