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Reveal the long URLs of shortened URLs – Firefox add-on

Published by Chetan on January 24, 2009 – 3:32 am5 Comments

Sometimes when you are reading something which has a few links that are shortened by the URL shortening services, and sometimes these links are either the affiliate links or any untrusted sites that you may not wish to go, and are still excited about what the site may be leading to.

This firefox add-on named LongURLPlease reveals what the short/tiny URL actually has behind it. And here is what the site says -

Short URLs are common in many web sites and applications.
Use this web service to reduce uncertainty for your users.

The service includes revealing the long URLs of around 32 URL shortening services, and these include the main and most used ones like tinyurl.com, is.gd, bit.ly, tr.im, snipr.com, ping.fm, url.ie, zi.ma, ff.im, cli.gs etc.

shorturl before longurl later

Its a good and handy firefox add-on, also available as a bookmarklet for those who do not use Firefox browser and still want it for their browsers like Internet explorer, Safari etc.

You can get the information about the URL which is shortened, and also it reveals whether you have visited the same URL before or not.
Download and install the firefox add-on from LongURLPlease.com.

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