Google Web Accelerator

Google Web Accelerator Basics

1. What is Google Web Accelerator?
2. How does Google Web Accelerator work?
3. Can I use Google Web Accelerator with a dial-up connection?
4. Does Google Web Accelerator speed up all web pages?
5. How does using Google Web Accelerator affect my privacy?
6. What are Google Web Accelerator's system requirements?
7. Can I run Google Web Accelerator on a browser other than Internet Explorer or Firefox?
8. What should webmasters and content providers know about Google Web Accelerator?

Using Google Web Accelerator

1. How do I install Google Web Accelerator?
2. How do I get the latest version of Google Web Accelerator?
3. What is the Google Web Accelerator toolbar?
4. How do I uninstall Google Web Accelerator?

The Web Accelerator Menu

1. How do I access the Google Web Accelerator menu?

Preferences

1. What Google Web Accelerator preferences can I set?
2. How do I ask Google Web Accelerator to not accelerate a website?

Performance Data

1. How can I tell how much time I have saved with Google Web Accelerator?
2. How can I reset the Time Saved counter value?

Turning Google Web Accelerator Off (and Back On)

1. How do I turn Google Web Accelerator off?

Google Web Accelerator Basics [back to top]

1. What is Google Web Accelerator?

Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before.

Please note that Google Web Accelerator is currently a Google Labs product. If you have any problems using it or have suggestions for how we can improve it, please see the Google Group devoted to it.

2. How does Google Web Accelerator work?

Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:

* Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.