Preload pages for faster browsing and searching in Google Chrome

Stefan
Preload pages for faster browsing and searching in Google Chrome

Preloading pages for faster browsing and searching is a feature in Google Chrome that uses Makes Google Chrome faster. This function ensures that hyperlinks found on the page you are currently viewing are already preloaded.

By preloading hyperlinks on a page (also called “prefetch”), more data is initially loaded when you visit the website. The final effect is that as you continue to navigate on this page, hyperlinks are already loaded, so that these hyperlinks are immediately visible when you click on them. This data therefore does not have to be reloaded.

Preloading hyperlinks via Google Chrome makes surfing with Chrome faster by preloading extra data.

You can enable or disable the “Preload pages for faster browsing and searching” feature this way on a Windows or Mac computer.

Preload pages for faster browsing and searching in Google Chrome

Open the Google Chrome browser. In the top right corner click on the menu icon, in the menu then click on “Settings”.

Open Google Chrome settings

Click on “Privacy and security” in the left menu and then on “Cookies and other site data”.

Cookies and other site data in Google Chrome

Click the “Preload Pages” link to load the settings.

Preload pages

There are three settings you can change. The first setting is “Do not preload”. If you enable this option, no hyperlinks will be preloaded. This is recommended if you have a connection with limited data.

The second option is “Preload by default”. This is the default option. Browsing and searching will be faster if you enable this option. Chrome preloads the pages you're likely to visit, so the pages load faster when you actually visit them.

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Finally, there is the “Extended preload” option. This makes browsing and searching faster than standard preloading. Google Chrome preloads even more pages you're likely to visit, so the pages load faster when you visit them. When a site requests that links on the site page be privately preloaded, Chrome uses Google's servers. Your online identity is then hidden from the preloaded site, but Google learns which sites are preloaded.

Preload settings in Google Chrome

I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!

Also read: Download faster with Google Chrome.


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