by Erik Van Tongerloo

Created on: March 16, 2007   Last Updated: September 21, 2009

Almost every computer user spends every day a lot of time in Internet browsing. It is really useful to improve your Internet browsing to gain time for finding the right information or to have fast access to the site you want to open.

There are many things you can do for efficient working and improving your Internet browsing. Here are a few suggestions which may help you to succeed:

*Your Internet connection

The speed of your Internet connection is important to get fast access to Internet sites. If you still use a modem with a dial connection; it is time to get rid of this system and use a broadband connection. ADSL or cable connections are available in almost every area. Both systems have advantages and disadvantages but if you really want the best result of your Internet browsing; cable connections are considered to have the best performance in Internet speed and the costs are similar compared with an ADSL connection.

*Your computer

It is impossible to improve your speed of Internet browsing with a faster Internet connection if you have a slow computer. The processor, the internal memory and the hard drive space of your computer can affect the speed of your Internet browsing. The faster your processor and the more RAM memory you have, the faster you browse through different Internet sites with a fast Internet connection, especially if you browse Internet sites with many graphics.

*Safety of your computer

Spyware, viruses, Trojan Horses, worms and other malware infections will slow down the speed of your Internet browsing. It is necessary to install a firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software to protect you against these problems. There is plenty of choice in this kind of software but I can recommend Avast, Spybot Search and Destroy and Zone Alarm to improve the security of your computer system.

*A clean computer system

It is important to keep your computer system clean and to remove files which you don't need. Delete your temporary Internet files, cookies, Internet history to improve the speed of your Internet browsing.

*Favorites

It is easy to store sites which you regularly use in the "my favorites pages" of your browser. You can create maps and store the links of your favorite Internet pages in these maps. For example, you create a map "writing sites" and if you open the writing site in your browser; you can easy add the link of these sites in this map.

The next time you want to have access to this writing site; you only have to open the map of the writing sites and click this writing site and your browser will open this site in a short time. This is really faster than typing the web address in your browser. It is possible to create so many maps as you want and to store the links in the suitable maps, for example finance, shopping, forums, news sections and anything you like.

*Pop up blocker

Most browsers have a feature to block pop ups. It is really annoying to get every time pop ups if you open an Internet sites. Most browsers offer the possibility to block these and you can still make them active if you want. If you download the Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar or some others, you can avoid these pop ups if your settings are correct.

However, the speed of your Internet connection and a fast computer will help to improve the speed of Internet access; some creativity will help you more in browsing through different Internet sites. Knowledge of all the features your browser offer will certainly improve your Internet browsing. Keep in mind that a clean system is necessary and your system needs always to be up-to-date to get the best performance of your Internet browsing.

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