The Top Websites Blocked By Businesses In 2010 Ranked By OpenDNS

Cyberslacking can be a real drag on companies.

The solution for many firms seems to be to simply block the websites on which they believe their employees will waste the most time. Studies have shown social media to be a major time sink, as well online games and personal email.

A study from DNS-resolution service OpenDNS, "2010 Report on Web Content Filtering and Phishing" details just what sites companies were most likely to block last year, be it social networking websites or sites that have a reputation for fostering procrastination.

Take a look at the slideshow below to see if your favorite sites are among the most blocked by companies. Which sites do you see that you think shouldn't have made this list?

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[Pks29733steel]

02:34 PM on 03/23/2011

Ummm...lets see. You clock in, put up your lunch and go to your office. Guess what happens next. You WORK. You are being paid to WORK, not SURF the WEB. Instead of blocking ten, ALL SHOULD BE BLOCKED. If people want to 'surf the web' at work, allow them to clock out at thier computer, then 'clock in' to the workplace web access. This they can do while eating thier lunches at thier desk. If they can't do that, quit and use your internet at home til your unemployment benifts run out or your are evicted!!

[mike ealy]

11:41 AM on 03/22/2011

interesting. Why is my space on the list?......lol

[scottsbarlow]

07:49 AM on 02/10/2011

Thats why I created NewsFeedEmail.com - you can get your Facebook news feed emailed directly to your inbo and keep up with your social circle!

[rap dot com]

12:29 PM on 01/31/2011

The only site that is actively blocked where I work is myspace. Other than that, facebook and everything else on the list is allowed.

[MBMusgrove]

12:31 AM on 02/10/2011

MySpace? Are they blocking Napster too? ;-)

[Thenodrin]

11:35 AM on 01/29/2011

My office blocks MySpace, YouTube, and the applications associated with FaceBook, but not FaceBook itself. I don't know if it blocks eBay or not. But, I do know that the Huffington Post is the only news site blocked, which I find strange.

[JohnDewey]

11:18 AM on 01/30/2011

HuffPo might be blocked because the ads are setting off aggressive filters.

Pop-up ads & ads that use a lot of scripting can flag a site as dangerous - HuffPo is fond of heavily scripted ads that significantly reorganize the page layout..

[Andy Clark]

10:57 PM on 01/28/2011

I'm surprised meebo is on that list. we use it in the office here to make communication with co-workers easier.

[pene]

10:38 PM on 01/28/2011

i consider myself a pretty serious slacker at work and yet i hadn't heard of many of these sites. i'm worried now.

[indecisiveh]

01:37 PM on 01/31/2011

you must be young. most of these are dinosaurs.

[pene]

02:26 PM on 01/31/2011

worse....i'm old!!!

[montemalone]

04:27 PM on 01/28/2011

I didn't see a site with a name that rhymes with muffington host on the list.
The greek one must be relieved:)

[BrotherJohn2010]

04:06 PM on 01/28/2011

Hotmail, eh? I wonder if Microsoft Corp. bans their employees from hotmail. Hehehe...

[FLJoie]

03:27 PM on 01/28/2011

Last I checked employers are paying workers to be productive - if one wants to surf - move over and make room for someone who WANTS A JOB

[theseusofaustralia]

08:25 AM on 01/31/2011

you can do both.

[tortillaj]

01:42 PM on 01/28/2011

So much money spent on such useless things.

They've not heard of proxy servers?

[Aimee Kalnoskas]

01:28 PM on 01/28/2011

Interesting since many large businesses are actively using sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to offer product support and increase awareness.

[ZeFoussa]

12:38 PM on 01/28/2011

Meebo... Really!! All you have to do is download AIM, MSN Messenger, Adium or any Instant Messenger app.

[PhillyKing]

03:53 PM on 01/28/2011

most proxy servers have the ability to block instant messaging protocols as well

[Howard Morton]

11:48 AM on 01/28/2011

It is an employers right to block websites. What can you do?

[moutonnoir]

01:34 PM on 01/28/2011

plug your smartphone into the usb, turn on it's wifi hub and provide a mini isp, uncensored, to your coworkers, for $10/hour each...

[PhillyKing]

03:53 PM on 01/28/2011

but then you cant access the corporate resources

[CGonzalez84060]

06:58 PM on 01/27/2011

I guess it depends on the type of business, but for the most part I think businesses that block social media sites are totally missing out on some free marketing and exposure. Of all the people in the world, your employees are your strongest affinity group and brand enthusiasts. If these people are willing to get out of bed and make it to your job site on a daily basis, then they probably believe in the business product or model. Instead of reprimanding staff in a retail environment for example -the boss could be rewarding the staff for tweeting or letting all their friends know about a company sale on facebook. In a retail environment, for example, you could have your staff write reviews to each product and post qr codes next to the sales display with links to those reviews, and maybe throw a company night out at the end of the month to showcase the exposure of those reviews, which ones went viral? which ones were rated high? etc. and thank the staff for their efforts. If your staff believes in your product, the likelihood of their immediate friends and family liking your product is greater as well, resulting in more transactions between those ties and thereby creating a stronger affinity group. I would recommend the book "Drive" by Daniel Pink to any business owner struggling with these issues. @ParkCitySEO

[Johnay]

01:18 PM on 01/28/2011

Maybe they should just block Farmville, then.