If you are using Google Chrome, which you should be, you may be missing out on an awesome feature. I was. Google Instant is a feature that pre-fetches pages as you type in searches or addresses. It intelligently guesses what site you will be going to, and will have the page downloaded by the time you hit enter. I have been using it for about a day, and I am already so used to it that I can not go back.
The Google Instant product page claims that it can save between 2-5 seconds/search. On my big days, I am performing over 100 google searches, so this could save me up to 8 minutes a day.
The only snag with Google Instant is that it is not enabled by default. To enable it, go into preferences and check the checkbox as shown below:
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