Accelerate Your Web Experience With Google Web Accelerator

Well, I found this when I landed on Google's site. They were advertising the New Google Web Accelerator so I thought,"What the heck, let me see what it does."

It's actually pretty cool. I'll explain how Google Web Accelerator works and how you can tell that it does.

Okay, so I downloaded the thing and before I ran it I read up on how it works.

It works by using more than one method.

• It sends pages that you request through special machines specifically used for Google Web Accelerator traffic.


• It stores copies of pages you view frequently.


• It downloads an upload of a web page only if a change has occurred.


• It prefetches web pages on your computer in advance.


• It manages your internet connection to reduce delays.


• And Google Web Accelerator compresses data before it is sent to your computer.

But Google Web Accelerator will not speed up pages that are over a secure connection and speed up pages viewed over a dial-up connection, because

I have hi-speed lite (for those who don't what that is it's a connection that dial-up but not as good as high-speed).

I noticed a slight improvement in speed, however, since it is meant for those with a DSL or Cable connection you probably will see a big improvement.

Google Web Accelerator tells you how much time you saved by adding a toolbar in your browser window like so:



You can also see the performance data which tells you how many pages you have viewed and how much time you have saved since you installed Google Web Accelerator.



I notice a boost in speed and you probably will too. Download Google Web Accelerator and speed up your Internet browsing experience!

(See: webaccelerator.google.com )

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