I received a text message today from a family member asking me, “What is the best way to block a website?” It seems an employee at her office is spending too much time on Facebook and it is affecting her productivity at work. So to help her address this issue I am going to provide a method to block specific websites on all internet browsers. Hopefully the information will come in handy for others too.
There are many reasons why someone may block a website. Parents may want to prevent their children from roaming the internet and help block some of its parental content. It may also be used restrict access to chat rooms, online games, and pornographic sites. Companies block websites in an attempt to avoid the many distractions the internet has to offer.
The application I recommend to block websites on all internet browsers is called Any Weblock. Any Weblock is very simple to use application and will prevent a website and all of its sub domains from being accessed. This application lets you block websites without completing tedious work of creating a black list for each individual browser. After installing the program, you will be asked to create a password. Make sure not to forget this password as it is used to modify these blocked websites. Then add your blocked sites by clicking Add. After you have added the blocked websites, you must click Apply Changes. And that’s it. When trying to access a blocked website you will receive an unable to connect error message in the browser
Application Download: http://www.anyutils.com/anyweblock.php
Application Manual: http://www.anyutils.com/emanual/anyweblock/getting_started.php
Reference
1.) 11 Jan. 2011. “Block Websites On All Browser in Windows.” Tekzilla. <http://revision3.com/tzdaily/2011-01-11anyweblock>
2.) “Any Weblocker - the blocker.” AnyUtils. <http://www.anyutils.com/anyweblock.php>
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