Google Utility Speeds up Web Browsing

May 6, 2005 By Ian Bell

Google has released the Google Web Accelerator, which routes browser activity through Google machines to make Web pages load faster.

“Google Web Accelerator employs a number of different methods to speed up Web browsing, including caching frequently looked at pages to make them more accessible. Google will only refresh a Web page when it has been updated, saving the user from reloading content when unnecessary.

The application only benefits broadband users, Google says, because it utilizes techniques such as prefetching, which involves downloading a Web page that Web Accelerator assumes will be visited

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TechFreak at 9:58am 6th May 2005 Sounds shady to me. Why does Google need this anyways? Talk about a waste of time. IMO Google will only turn this "free tool" into a source of revenue in the not-to-distant future, so watch out.