 Google Web Accellerator!, Google makes surfing faster |
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 May 7 2005, 04:41 AM
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Privileged Member  Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 29-April 05 From: Canada Eh?!? Member No.: 6,408  |
http://webaccelerator.google.com/
I found this while responding to the google size thread. Seems quite intresting, most of the other services that offer this aren't free, but hey this is by google. If you don't mind me being snide for a moment, they say it works best with broadband, well, us dial up users are the one's who need the speed up, but seriously, I think this will be a good thing, I used it for a few minutes, I have ISP/modem problems but it said it took 5-6 seconds off my waiting time! |
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May 7 2005, 04:55 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 512 Joined: 26-September 04 From: Googland Member No.: 1,278 |
Seems interesting. Aren't they putting their fingers in too many cakes?
A web accelerator. I always thought they were spyware! Now from Google!! I hope this is not a spyware... They say in the beta testing phase, it is only for people in North America & Europe, so I cannot install and test it right away... sad... |
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May 7 2005, 10:07 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 469 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Manila, Philippines Member No.: 1,349 |
I guess this is another good service fro google. i am on a dial-up internet connectio, so this web accelator would be a big help for me.
I just hope people wouldn't just cut and paste some stuff from other websites for the FAQs. 
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May 7 2005, 11:56 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 4-November 04 Member No.: 2,118 |
yay! TWO posts that are exactly the same and both of which are copied straight from google.com! Amazing... The thread creator has a link to the same content...
back to the web accelerator, I really believe this is not google having their finger in too many cakes. In terms of their business, they are the masters at collecting and organizing data. This is another way to collect usage stats from people. They will know what pages are popular (accessed many times) and then they will probably incorporate this into their ranking system. PLUS, they will have surfing habits which they can use for marketing or they can sell the information. They will track similarities in web surfing habits across thousands of people to develop profiles. For example, 90% of those who go to car websites also go to computer websites. That would be valuable information for comptuer sellers. They know they can reach their customers by advertising on car related things. |
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May 7 2005, 12:40 PM
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delete me Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 18-September 04 From: delete me Member No.: 1,185 |
I've been using this for a few days, it seems to work here and there... most of the time the difference is very little though. in 481 pages I've saved 5.1 min.
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May 7 2005, 01:04 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 937 Joined: 14-April 05 From: West Chester, PA Member No.: 5,636 |
Yeah it appears to be good and valid but who really needs an accelerator when you have broadband.....a few milliseconds of saved time isnt a big deal. Secondly, you all need to start using the quote tag cause the moderator will yell at you since you get credit for posting something that isnt yours.
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May 7 2005, 03:43 PM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 5,931 |
i find Google Web Accellerator useless, it does not work for the army system because it saved the page in your hard disk, therefore the money you got stay the same after you had bought something. and it also make me fail to load some pages in other forum. however that still in beta, it may get batter in the real version.
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May 7 2005, 04:53 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 4,988 |
Heh, just tried it for a day, and I saved 15 minutes on my browsing time!
Amazing that the Google Web accellerator isnt spyware, like the other free ones that you can download off of other websites. |
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May 7 2005, 06:34 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 8-March 05 From: Mawson, Antarctica Member No.: 4,254 |
QUOTE(googlue @ May 7 2005, 01:55 AM) Seems interesting. Aren't they putting their fingers in too many cakes? A web accelerator. I always thought they were spyware! Now from Google!! I hope this is not a spyware... They say in the beta testing phase, it is only for people in North America & Europe, so I cannot install and test it right away... sad...  QUOTE(Odyssey @ May 7 2005, 01:53 PM) Heh, just tried it for a day, and I saved 15 minutes on my browsing time! Amazing that the Google Web accellerator isnt spyware, like the other free ones that you can download off of other websites. Actually, Google Webaccelerator is spyware. Check it out: http://digg.com/search?search=google+web&a...l&submit=Submit |
