How to access blocked website?

Ever wanna chat with your friend at school, but they've blocked all messenging website? Ever wanna check your personal mailbox or update your personal blog from the office, but they've block all access to the mailbox providers like hotmail and yahoo? I'll tell you some of the ways you can try.

1) If you know the website server's IP address, you can type in the IP adress instead of the website address in the browser's address bar. Some network hosts only filter out keywords from the website address, but not the actual website itself.

2) Use a url redirection. The same reason as above, the hosts may only filter out keywords. Some free redirection: tinyurl, snipurl

3) Use a free subdomain redirection. This works like a redirection, but instead changes the website's domain. These subdomain hosts usually places an ad bar above the website you're viewing, but at least it does the job for you.

4) Use Google search for the website you want, and visit the cached copy of the website. This may preview an outdated version of the website to you, but if you just wanna use the service like instant messenging and mailbox, this shouldn't be bothering you.

5) Use a proxy server. One example of anoymizer is www.anoymizer.com. Some of the time, your network host did not block the proxy site, then you will be glad. But most schools will block proxy servers too.

6) Use Google Translate as a proxy. Go Google Translate and translate the website you wanna visit. The most unaffected results by the translation for English websites should be Chinese To English.