Real-URL: View Real URL Behind Short URL

Real-URL serves one small purpose, it lets you see the real URL behind any given shorted URL without visting the link. All you need to do is paste in the short URL into provided field and click on the “Get the Real Url” button. The actual URL will be displayed.

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Feature:

  • View real URL behind shortened URL.
  • Quick and simple.
  • Similar tools:  Untiny, PrevURL and LongURL.

Check out DeTinyIt @ www.real-url.org

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3 Comments Add Comment
2009-07-20 16:24:08

Not sure why your post says check out DeTinyIt and then links to another site? DeTinyIt.com is our site and we have a very handy firefox addon also! Give us a try.

2009-07-28 07:29:21

Now you can use the “Most shared video on Twitter” FREE XML API :)

Enjoy here : http://www.real-url.org/api.php

Luc

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