tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544975.post111229808349000366..comments2023-03-28T20:42:55.059-07:00Comments on Not enough bits in this byte: Google PrefetchingGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751175249892017522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544975.post-1112745363047595432005-04-05T16:56:00.000-07:002005-04-05T16:56:00.000-07:00I was talking to Shawn and he seems to think that ...I was talking to Shawn and he seems to think that you have to opt-in to the scheme by designating some of your content as being pre-fetchable or some such thing.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to reserve judgement into I look into that aspect of it.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751175249892017522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544975.post-1112391745399457062005-04-01T13:42:00.000-08:002005-04-01T13:42:00.000-08:00Ah, well done, I get it now. MAN, that is lame.Ah, well done, I get it now. MAN, that is lame.monsterpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615361328537173519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544975.post-1112303026452136142005-03-31T13:03:00.000-08:002005-03-31T13:03:00.000-08:00Basically, Google has made it so that when using F...Basically, Google has made it so that when using Firefox, when you do a search it prefetches some of the web pages that come back as the search results. The goal being that when you select one of the search results it loads faster.<BR/><BR/>The problem (and maybe it's not really a huge problem) is that there will be pages that you aren't going to visit that will get prefetched and cached. So say I search for "Stupid Bunnies" and the first five links aren't what I wanted. While I'm looking through the list to find the link that I actually want, my browser is prefetching content from those first five websites in anticipation of me clicking on it. That is wasted bandwidth on my side and their side if those aren't actually the links I want.<BR/><BR/>So, if you site has a good google ranking for a set of search terms that don't actually pertain to your site, you're going to be serving up a bunch of content unnecessarily. Not so good if you're paying for your bandwidth (who isn't?).Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751175249892017522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544975.post-1112302050627259822005-03-31T12:47:00.000-08:002005-03-31T12:47:00.000-08:00I don't understand, but I'm really curious. Is the...I don't understand, but I'm really curious. Is there any way you could explain what it is Google is doing in words I understand? Dumb it down a little!<BR/><BR/>:) I love you!<BR/>-Gwenmonsterpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615361328537173519noreply@blogger.com