short URLs
Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices for Sharing Links
Sharing a link seems simple, but some methods create long, broken, or trackable URLs. I’ll show you how to copy clean links, strip out tracking codes, shorten long URLs, link to a highlight or video moment, and check that the link will work.
How to Hover Over a Link to Check It’s Not a Scam
When it comes to links on webpages and HTML email, what you see is not always where you go. Hovering over a link is an important technique to look before you leap.
How Do I Determine a Shortlink’s Destination?
Link-shortening services make it hard to tell a link’s final destination. When you receive one in an email, you may want to do some detective work to see where it’s going before you click.
Can I Rely on the URL Shown in the Browser’s Status Bar Being Accurate?
There are both legitimate and malicious reasons why a link author may send you to a place that is different from the link showing in the status bar. Let’s look at why that may happen.
