Google Labs has just released a new tool called the Google Web Accelerator, which is designed to speed up your online experience. Designed to work with ADSL and Cable Connections, GWA has already been tested by "Googlers" who have noticed big differences in the time it takes information to download. According to an article in Search Engine Watch, Google Web Accelerator can speed up the surfing process by:
+ Prefetching material
In part, determined by an algorithm developed at Google that looks at mouse movements and aggregate traffic to sites to try to determine what to prefetch
+ Caching of pages on Google's own servers
They will also try to determine how frequently material is updated and
continuously have the latest copy available on their servers. Mayer
said that GWA and Google's new search history product are completely
independent of one another.
+ Parallel downloading
Download multiple parts of the page (images for example) at the same time.
+ Differential fetching
Instead of downloading the entire page, GWA will try send only what might have changed on the page
+ Compression
Mayer added however that GWA tries not to change the quality of images and other material.
Once you have downloaded the toolbar, you will find a new toolbar on the browser which will indicate whether the tool is switched and the amount of time you have saved.
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