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Google's Web Accelerator

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/googles-web-accelerator.59126/

~Lil JinX~
~Lil JinX~ Original post #1
May 30, 2007 at 9:25 PM
I know I know, its not exactly new...but I just noticed this nifty little tool in the google labs. It lowers the web page DL time like crazy! Its working extremely well so far ^_^ The counter says that Im saving up to 17 seconds of loading time.

Heres how it works:[SIZE=-1](copy+pasted from the site)[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=-1]
  • 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. [/SIZE]
Heres teh link : *webaccelerator.google.com/
nileshgr
May 30, 2007 at 9:54 PM
~Lil JinX~ said:
I know I know, its not exactly new...but I just noticed this nifty little tool in the google labs. It lowers the web page DL time like crazy! Its working extremely well so far ^_^ The counter says that Im saving up to 17 seconds of loading time.

Heres how it works:[SIZE=-1](copy+pasted from the site)[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=-1]
  • 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. [/SIZE]
Heres teh link : *webaccelerator.google.com/

Duh. On my DSL it had no effect. But it has one more :cool: feature that is ip-hiding. If you tend to visit any site which tracks your ip then u can use google web accelrator to change your ip to google's! Sites will not block google ip as google is a major search engine. :)
T
May 30, 2007 at 10:32 PM
The Unknown said:
Duh. On my DSL it had no effect. But it has one more :cool: feature that is ip-hiding. If you tend to visit any site which tracks your ip then u can use google web accelrator to change your ip to google's! Sites will not block google ip as google is a major search engine. :)


on which sites does this feature help me?
just curious.
nileshgr
May 30, 2007 at 10:41 PM
tgpraveen said:
on which sites does this feature help me?
just curious.
Don't think i am wrong. I don't visit *** or PO&N related sites. Just telling. Once i checked my ip on ip address validator and it showed me that i am Google!
T
May 30, 2007 at 10:51 PM
ok.
will this run on my ubuntu 7.04?
nileshgr
May 30, 2007 at 11:07 PM
tgpraveen said:
ok.
will this run on my ubuntu 7.04?
Nope. It is only for Windows users. Not for we linux users and tux-fans.

For Windows users, see this tut for configuring GWA on ur PC: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52081