Is you school, college or office blocking you from getting on social network sites like Friendster, Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Hi5, Orkut, etc? Here’s few ways you can bypass the restrictions and surf like normal, but please check with your local authorities before using them. We will not held any responsibility if you’ve breach the regulations of any.
Full list after jump.
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Using IP Instead of URL
This depends on the software/application used. Sometimes blocked sites are stored as a list of URLs (eg. www.yahoo.com, www.donwload.com,etc) and typing the IP instead of the URL might sometimes work. In a local computer, doing a ping domain.com command in Command Prompt (Mac users use Terminal) will return you the IP address. You can also do it online via www.whatsmyip.org
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Redirection with Short URL service
Sometimes the URL you intend to browse might be ban, but converting them to another a shorter URL with short URL services might just help you to bypass the settings.
Here’s 2 Short URL service we’ve previously mentioned - MooURL, SnipURL
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Google Cache
Search engines like Google and Yahoo cache webpages and these cached pages are stored in search engines themselves, which likely will be added to the blocked list. Click on the ‘cache’ will bring you to a cache version of the page, as updated as how Google caches it.
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Internet Archive - Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine is a internet service that periodically keeps a copy of almost all websites in the Internet way from the date they’re started. Clicking on the latest copy of what Wayback Machine have should be somewhat similar to the real site. Another way to access blocked sites via caches.
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Anonymous Surfing
Some site allows you to take advantage of their proxy or domain to surf other sites as anonymous. Here’s 90+ proxy websites we’ve previously mentioned.
More anonymous surfing services: 90+ Proxy Websites To Access Blocked Websites
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Use Proxy in Browsers
There are tons of sites out there that distributes free proxies of almost any country. Here’s an example. Check out the following methods on how/where to insert proxies in your web browsers.
Proxy Surfing - Firefox
Under Advanced tab, select Network tab, then click inside Connection Settings. Select Manual proxy configuration, put proxy under HTTP proxy.
Proxy Surfing - Internet Explorer
Go to Tools -> Internet Options. Select Connections tab. Click into LAN Settings, check Proxy Server. Insert your proxy URL inside Address.
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Bypass with Translations services
Online translation services like AltaVista BabelFish, Google Translate allows you to translate a website from one language to another and display the translated results on their own page.The trick here is to enter the URL (website you’re blocked), retranslate it even if you don’t need to and let Google or AltaVista fetch you the content.
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Subscribe to RSS Feed
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Retrieve web pages via Email
This might not work for all sites, but if the site you intended to visit provides RSS feeds, you can subscribe and read it with a RSS reader, or have it regularly send the contents to your email
Web2Mail is a free service that sends websites you want to read right into your inbox. All you need to do is send an email to www@web2mail.com with the URL as subject title.
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Comments
Syahid A. April 19th, 2008
Nice tips HK. I always use Anonymous Proxy for “confidential” browsing. Will work on some sites, but not for some.
ReplyAbhijeet from Jeet Blog April 19th, 2008
Excellent tips! The best thing is that these are different from the same old tips which you find on different websites.
ReplyRamy April 19th, 2008
Using Google’s cache is a nice one! Btw, the new design kicks ass. :)
ReplyEhsan April 21st, 2008
tnx
Replynice tips
steven April 21st, 2008
ya i already knew all of these tricks but nice blog any way non of them work at my school lol my school has a state of the art security system so non of these work it sucks lol
ReplyRichard McLaughlin April 21st, 2008
good to have a list like this, I only would have thought of half.
ReplyGeoserv April 21st, 2008
STUMBLED!
Nice list, I usually just use a proxy.
VOTED for you at:
Replyhttp://www.newsdots.com/tutorials/9-alternative-ways-to-access-blocked-sites-1/
Lucas April 28th, 2008
yeah i usually use a proxy as well
Replybut the computer techs at my schools are dipshits and the IP address one might work
i wouldnt be surprised
Ananthan Sivalinggam May 9th, 2008
Nice tips … thanks :)
ReplyNicole May 13th, 2008
please let me on this!
Replybean May 14th, 2008
thanks for the tips
Replysania lopa May 26th, 2008
all these sites are blocked at town high!!!
sorry u all suck!!!!!
Replyvishesh June 6th, 2008
I want to open http://www.trademe.co.nz can u tell me how to open in that in my school it is bit confusing the way u talking about as i m non technical person.
Replyfuzzypeach June 10th, 2008
ALL the proxysites here r BLOCKED for meee :(
got anymore?????
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