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Translation Web Site

Begin by going to a free translation web site, such as Google’s language tools, or freetranslation.com. Look for a link that says something along the lines of "web translator” or "web site translator.”

Select your language

Select the language you want to "translate”. You should select that you are translating from a foreign language into English. English words on the website will remain in English, so you are basically making use of the translation engine without changing any of the words.

Set your destination

Type in the URL of the web site that has been blocked by your school and click the translate button.

Great success

You will arrive on a page that has the translation tools in a frame on the top of the page, with the blocked site appearing in the frame below it. Since your school’s Internet connection thinks you are surfing on the translation site, which could be a perfectly normal activity at school, you will not be blocked and have complete access to the website you wanted to unblock.

URL redirection service

Begin by visiting a web site that provides URL redirection services. Two popular sites are tinyurl.com and shorturl.com, but you can easily find others by conducting a keyword search.

Your URL

Type in a new URL that will be your secret web address to get to the site that has been blocked.

It's available

The system will check to see if your desired URL is available. If so, you may claim it to use.

Blocked site Info

Fill out the required information about yourself (in case you ever want to edit your link) and the blocked site that you are trying to get access to.

Great success

You will be offered a premium account, which costs money. Select the basic account, which is free, and you should now be able to access the blocked site by typing in your private URL. Since the school’s Internet connection thinks you are on the redirection service’s web site, you should be able to access the blocked web site without problem.

Find a proxy

Begin by finding a free web proxy. Any internet search engine can direct you to an infinite number of proxy web sites. Systems Administrators add proxy sites to their block sites list all the time, but there are always new proxies opening, so there will never be a short supply.

Blocked site's URL

After you have located a free web proxy, simply type the URL of the blocked site you wish to visit into the proxy’s address bar and click go.

Great success

The proxy will load a new page consisting of two frames. The top frame contains the proxy site’s address bar, in case you want to surf to a different site. The bottom frame contains the web site that was blocked. Unless the administrator has blocked this particular web proxy, you should be able to successful bypass the block using this method.