6 Ways to access blocked sites

1) 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.

For example , we can use ping command to find IP address of facebook.com

2) 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 - tinyURL, SnipURL

3) 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.

4) 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.

5) Use Proxy in Browsers

There are tons of sites out there that distributes free proxies of almost any country.

For example : www..proxy4free.com

Check out the following methods on how/where to insert proxies in your web browsers.

Proxy Surfing In Firefox
Under Advanced tab, select Network tab, then click inside Connection Settings.
Select Manual proxy configuration, put proxy under HTTP proxy.

Proxy Surfing in Internet Explorer
Go to Tools -> Internet Options. Select Connections tab.
Click into LAN Settings, check Proxy Server. Insert your proxy URL inside Address.

6) Retrieve web pages via Email

Web2Mail.com 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.