Bebo is a unique website that allows users to track multiple profiles on all the social networking sites. It’s fairly unusual because it works in the same way as Twitter. It tells users whenever a friend updates their page in any way. Instead of logging into MySpace and Facebook separately, they can attach those profiles to their Bebo account. Then when they log into Bebo, it tells them all of the updates made by their friends on those pages. It also allows users to input their email information, including Yahoo! Mail, G-mail from Google and AOL Mail. In addition, the website adds the user’s information from Twitter, YouTube, Delicious, AIM., AOL Mail, Google Mail, Yahoo and others.

A large number of schools are now blocking students’ access to Bebo. Bebo falls on their list of blocked websites along with the social networking sites like Facebook and other popular sites like YouTube and MySpace. With YouTube, the schools want to block students from seeing videos they deem unfit. They can’t filter out only the adult material so they block the site completely.

Students who want to get on Bebo at school and still get their diploma have a few options. The first involves using the Translation Service from Google. When users visit Google, they look up Bebo, and next to the link on the results page, they’ll see the Translate option. Clicking on that option allows the student to select English. This automatically shows the page in its original form, but bypasses the blocker installed on the computer. The computer blocks access to the Bebo address, but Google Translation shows the page under their address.

Another option involves using a proxy server, which works on any computer that blocks specific websites including schools, offices and libraries. This is especially helpful for those working on their high school diploma because it allows them the chance to bypass the website address directly. The way computer blockers work is by identifying a specific address and blocking that page based on the address.

A proxy server is also known as a portal website. The portal site works by allowing users to get to a website through a different website and bypassing the main page completely. These sites contain search engine functions similar to Google or Yahoo. The user searches for Bebo and finds the page from the search results. They connect to the site using the portal, it fools the computer into thinking the page is allowed. This is the best option since there are so many different portal websites and the schools can’t block access to them all.

Students also have the option of getting on Bebo by using a mobile search on one of the search engines. This is the same way a cell phone or Blackberry gets on pages. It shows the page as an extension of the search engine rather than the actual website. These websites occasionally look choppy and block out parts of information, but it’s a quick and easy way to access Bebo while in school.


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