Which websites are most commonly Blocked?
The
 most commonly blocked websites include websites about pop culture, 
health, medicine, women, religion and politics. Social websites that are
 often blocked include 
Blogger (Blogspot) blogs, 
Google News, 
Facebook,
 Orkut, MySpace, Bebo, Flickr, Hulu, LinkedIn, Yahoo! Messenger, 
Typepad, eBay, WikiLeaks, Digg, Reddit, Technorati, StumbleUpon, 
Delicious, 
YouTube, DMOZ etc.
Access Blocked Websites at School, Work or Anywhere
There are 
many genuine reasons for which you might visit blocked websites at your 
school or office. Given below are the many ways you can use to regain 
access to the blocked website you wish to visit. 
1. 
Cache: Many search engines maintain a cache of web pages 
indexed by them. You can search for a website on Google , Yahoo! or Bing
 and click on the cached link that is given next to the result. To load 
the web pages more quickly, you can visit the text-only version.
2. 
Using Google Mobile Search: Google Mobile Search acts as a 
proxy which you can use easily. It removes all the CSS styling and 
JavaScript and presents a stripped down version of the web page to the 
user from it's own server. Due to this, the blocking 
software
 feels that you are visiting Google, whereas in reality, you are viewing
 the blocked website. It also breaks larger pages into many smaller 
ones. Go to 
Google Mobile Search.
3. To access a blocked website, you can enter the 
IP address instead of the URL in your browser's address bar.
 This can bypass most basic forms of website blocks. Although if the 
blocking software maps the IP address to the website domain, the website
 will still remain blocked. You can find the IP address of the website 
by pinging the website domain name in command prompt and noting its IP 
address. Execute ping www.tweakandtrick.com in 
command prompt to ping www.tweakandtrick.com.
4. 
Access Blocked Websites using Google Translate or 
Yahoo! Babelfish.
 You can also use translational services to get on blocked websites. To 
do so, enter a language different from the website in the 'From' field 
and English in the "To" field. You can also use this method to bypass 
software that block websites on the basis of specific keyword mentions. 
Just translate the URL you wish to visit in a different language to 
overcome the keyword block.
5. 
Proxy Websites: There are many proxy websites (anonymizers) 
which open blocked websites on their servers and present the data to 
you. This hides from the service providers the address of the website 
you are trying to visit. Few popular free ones include 
HideMyAss, 
Anonymouse and 
KProxy.
6.
 Use RSS Readers for Accessing Restricted Blogs: All blogs 
syndicate their content via RSS feeds which you can subscribe to in web 
based RSS Readers like Bloglines to access blocked content. For example,
 the RSS feed of this blog is located at 
http://www.tweakandtrick.com/rss.xml.
7. 
Use IP Address to Decimal Conversion: If you cannot access 
blocked websites, you can enter the decimal number of the URL's IP 
address to get access to restricted websites. Search Google for IP to 
Decimal + IP Address of the banned website and Google will convert it 
into decimal. Enter that into your browser's address bar and see if the 
blocked website opens.
8. 
Create a 2 layered Unblocker: Just go to Google Translate or 
Yahoo! Babelfish, open any proxy website inside it and then use that 
proxy website to access your blocked website. In this way, you can 
achieve two layered website unblocking.
9. 
TOR: 
TOR
 or The Onion Router is a free software that protects the privacy and 
security of its users by channeling data through multiple nodes so as to
 prevent the orginal data from being unscrambled. Although browsing 
through TOR is a bit slow, it is one of the most effective ways of 
bypassing restricted websites.
10. 
Nyud.net: To unblock blocked websites, just add nyud.net to their URL. For example, if this blog (
www.tweakandtrick.com) is blocked, you can visit it by going to 
www.tweakandtrick.com.nyud.net.
11. 
Opera Mini Simulator: Opera offers a web based version of Opera Mini to allow users to get an experience of what it is like. You can use this 
demo version
 to access most websites that offer their mobile versions. Even websites
 that do not offer a mobile version can be viewed through this, although
 the quality of the results obtained may not be that good.
12. 
Changing DNS servers: A common way of blocking websites is 
preventing DNS servers from giving the locations of the blocked 
website's servers. In such a scenario, changing your DNS servers to 
OpenDNS's or Google's DNS will be your best option to get over the block. As an additional advantage, this will also 
increase your internet speed.
13. 
VPN Software: VPN or Virtual Private Network Software can be 
described as a tunnel under the public network that offers more 
anonymity than proxy websites as it also encrypts the data transferred 
by the blocked website thus, offering complete anonymity when you access
 your favorite web applications. Although most VPN software are 
available as paid software only, 
HotSpotShield is a popular free alternative.
14. 
IP Hiding Software: Sometimes, websites block users on a 
particular IP address from visiting themselves. In such cases, free IP 
hiding software like 
UltraSurf
 can be used to visit them. While free software offer very less features
 as compared to paid ones, they are still effective for overcoming most 
common blocks.
15. 
Edit your host files: Some malware and blocking software edit
 your host files and add a website's address to prevent you from 
visiting that website. In such a scenario, you can edit your host file 
with Notepad by visiting “C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc” if C is your 
system drive and remove that website. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, a 
warning from UAC might be displayed while editing your host files.