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Google Prefetching for Mozilla Browsers

Posted by Zonk on from the two-great-tastes-that-go-great-together dept.

kv9 writes "A post on GoogleBlog reveals that Google has enabled results prefetching for Mozilla based browsers, which means that the top results of queries are being loaded in the background and pages will load faster. More info on the Mozilla Prefetching FAQ and the Google Webmaster FAQ"

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  1. Padding? by Quixote · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Would prefetching pad the click count for the ads that Google shows along the side? I know, the client (Moz) adds a
    X-moz: prefetch
    header, but how many server admins log this?

  2. Ack! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm using a modem you insensitive clod!

  3. Trouble at work, trouble with law by rhh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not only could this get you in trouble by inadvertently downloading porn at work, but you could download even more incriminating things.

    Say for example you were searching for info on that convicted sex offender that moved into your neighborhood or searching for news on terrorist attacks. Prefetching could potentially have your computer downloading things you wouldn't otherwise download and that could get you in real trouble.

  4. Vulnerabilities and prefetching? by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So what happens if you prefetch a page that stresses some vulnerability in the browser? Does it get to run even though you didn't really even browse to the page....

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