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Fast Internet Surfing
I have a high speed cable connection through Comcast so I probably don't need the Google Web Accelerator. But I couldn't resist making my connection faster so I installed it today on my computer.Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load faster. Their website says that dial-up users may not see much improvement because the Google Web Accelerator is currently optimized to speed up web page loading for broadband connections.
Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make web pages load faster, including:
- Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
- Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
- Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
- Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
- Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
- Compressing data before sending it to your computer.
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Sep 21, 2007 |
Maitsujaui wrote: I visited your webpage and have a different opinion on one program you recommend. Google Accelerator is bad. It isn't useful for dialup users, and for highspeed users it is not comparable to a privacy friendly alternative. If you have highspeed and still like pages to load faster, I would recommend at most getting firefox at http://www.firefox.com and download FasterFox from fasterfox.mozdev.org/ and this will prefetch webpages while your idling a browser. Googles privacy policy states "When you use Google Web Accelerator, Google servers automatically receive and log your web requests. " and "It is possible that a URL or other page information sent to Google may itself contain personal information. ... In my opinion there is little reason to have Google be the provider and router for information. They could singlehandedly slow content down or block pages that aren't on amicable relationships with google. Also, as opposed to dealing directly with a webpage you are now involving a 3rd party which lately has been criticized for their lack of transparency in privacy issues. Thanks |