Kaska Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Virtues of Evil said: I need the improvement and I really could care less if Google logs my furry pr0n viewing. :rofl: 585873815[/snapback] Yeah and if your doing something you don't want them to see, just turn it off for then, just since I downloaded it, it says ive already saved 20seconds and thats only after like 10min of using it. I'm sure it'll get better with time, it appears some pages are just there soon as i click, no render time or anything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emo Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 cool, thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 yay for google Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambooo Posted May 4, 2005 Author Share Posted May 4, 2005 bangbang023 said: Most of you need to ask yourselves this: is the possible risk (not saying there is one) worth the chance just to save 0.13 seconds of your daily web browsing? I don't trust Google just like I don't trust any group of people who's main intent is making money. Yes, they are a nice company, but they still need to make money. Besides that fact, how many people need to improve the page load time on their broadband connection? 585873792[/snapback] I guess your right man.. anyhoo.. News just in!! Quote 04 MAY 2005, United KingdomIn a dramatic u-turn, Neowin member "Lee McDermott" decided to forcefully uninstall the contraversal product "Google Web Accelerator" after only 1 hour after it's install. Lee McDermott, who kept the reasons for his decision behind closed doors had this to say: "it was for the best" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stopdroproll Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 When Google collects data it is OK, when Microsoft does it is not remember that. always zZz Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Horizons Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Eh, it's not really worth it. Pages already load fast enough for me, plus I use tabbed browsing so pages load in the background. This'll be one of the few google things that I skip. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Some of your blind trust toward google is distrubing. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylene Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 too bad it doesn't work for windows 98. :x Do you think google will come out with a windows Me or lower version? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miran Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Is it just me or does it make Neowin very slow? I wonder if it prefetches links for prefetched pages? Hmmm maybe I should test that. page1.html: <link rel="prefetch" href="page2.html"> page2.html: <link rel="prefetch" href="page1.html"> Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Porp said: Alright, I supposed you haven't been reading their site lately.. Google Web Accelerator is Researchware, they even tell you that it is. 585873777[/snapback] From Spyware to 'Research'ware within an hour ! Good progress :rofl: As much as I trust Google, I wont use it because I'm on broadband. It could be quite helpful for those on dialup, who knows. Besides its an optional download, its not like Google is making you install it in order to use their search engine. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Well you can tell its doing something because if u cant access a domain instead of firefox saying page cant be found google tells you Error: Host Not Accessible The web host froogle.google.c.uk is not accessible. Possible sources of this error: * The host name is invalid * There was a DNS error * The web site may be unavailable * You may not be connected to the internet Please edit the URL, or search for it using Google. Google Web Accelerator version 0.2.52.65-pintail.a Windows XP 5.1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585873983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted May 5, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 5, 2005 shockz said: Some of your blind trust toward google is distrubing. :rolleyes: 585873907[/snapback] I was thinking the same thing. It's as though people feel Google's only motive is to give people free crap. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 (edited) bangbang23 said: It's as though people feel Google's only motive is to give people free crap. Yeah, and you're right it isn't. It's nothing about being free, it was never about that. It was about visibility, market share, and usability to make a lot of people use Google services and thereby improving the value companies see in their AdWords service, since a lot of people use these sponsored services. Google's business model is based entirely around making people want to use their services, for that reason. It just happens to be that providing free and good services while "playing nice" is a great way to become visible. It's a win/win situation for both us and Google. We get good services and Google gain profits that wouldn't be nearly as large if they were seen as an "evil company" like Microsoft (not saying they are, just that they're looked like that by a lot of people, far more than Google, and it's an intentional strategy by Google to not fall into that pit). Sooo... I think it isn't far fetched that Google will try to improve their search engine accuracy by using visit data -- simply by putting some weight in how often sites are visited. Voila, cross-linking scam sites with sporadic visits from fooled users finally go down the drain, and popular sites like Neowin strengthens their PageRank due to the Neowinians using Web Accelerator. Heck, they're already working on this project! And they need real world visit data to pull it off. They may not use these results in a very controversial way at all; actually with Google's past, that goes directly against what they've done. It's far more common for them to try conquering by improving. Edited May 5, 2005 by Jugalator Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoufo51 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 bangbang023 said: I was thinking the same thing. It's as though people feel Google's only motive is to give people free crap. 585874129[/snapback] It is nice however to let people use a web accelerator...hehe. Those dialup companies are probably ****ing their pants over this because this is a definite sales drop for companies that charge like 4 bucks to use (Insert evil dial up ISP here)'s new Web Accelerator. :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chacho Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Lots of paranoia going around, but I read a bit of the Slashdot discussion about this thing and saw a few good points. 1. This will be useful for them to tweak their new TrustRank system (not in place yet) to determine site relevance not by the number of physical links but by which links are actually used. 2. This could also be using us as "human spiders" (Googlebots?) to keep their index fresh and growing. If this is what they're doing it for, its genius. If its for our browsing habits, not so much. Either way, I have no need for it, but I'm sure some will find it useful. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvo Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 It was bound to happend that Google, as it expands, will eventually turn into an evil like today's major corporations. The more profit they generate, the more of that they want. This is a sign. Basically, this section of their support page says "We know who you are and what you like". I like Google for what it currently offers but I'll just say "no" to this. Don't need it anyway. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.weir Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 I tried it for 30 seconds and dumped it. If I opened any tabs in firefox, i could no long search from them, i could only type a url in and go to it, minor annoyance, but i don't trust the software 100% anyway Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benz240 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Yeah another case of "installed for about 5 min and said **** it" with me.... It was apparently marking all threads in my forums read as soon as I entered the site, so when I click on a subforum it would no longer show different icons for the threads with new posts since my last visit, which sucks ass. So that, and the fact that I have a fast enough connection as it is, made me decide to dump it. (for now...) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomi Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Banzai said: Well you can tell its doing something because if u cant access a domain instead of firefox saying page cant be found google tells youError: Host Not Accessible The web host froogle.google.c.uk is not accessible. Possible sources of this error: * The host name is invalid * There was a DNS error * The web site may be unavailable * You may not be connected to the internet Please edit the URL, or search for it using Google. Google Web Accelerator version 0.2.52.65-pintail.a Windows XP 5.1 585873983[/snapback] You might want to check the spelling there, eh? co.uk, not c.uk I can trust Google, I'm using it right now, I can notice a difference. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585874924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 its works for me... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Ok, I'm on dialup and I see this thread. Am I going to gain anything worth been excited about with this, or is it just something else that can go wrong with my computer? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 shockz said: Some of your blind trust toward google is distrubing. :rolleyes: 585873907[/snapback] Exactly!! I mean this is a prime example of a what a good reputation can do to your company. People will always think all of Google's products will be as good as their famous Internet search feature, because it's from.. Google. *sigh* Never underestimate power of a brand name. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1ComputerGuy Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Stealth-X said: wak1zashi no worries here, i always trust google.585873538[/snapback] Then you are a fool. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1ComputerGuy Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 OrangeSoul said: so what if they monitor. do you have anything to hide?585873558[/snapback] What is your address, what is your first-born's name, date of birth, and social security number? Do you have anything to hide? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ember Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 just installed it but i dont see any noticible difference :( counter still says 0.0 seconds saved Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/316581-google-web-accelerator/page/3/#findComment-585875242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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