Oops! Google Chrome could not find www.datapuri.com

It sometimes happens that Google Chrome cannot open a website, displaying a dreaded "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to" error instead.

Strange if the site was working fine some time ago. Users who check the website in another browser installed on the system would find out that the page loads and displays fine in that browser which leads to the only possible conclusion that it is a Google Chrome problem.

The majority of page loading problems are a result of the DNS Fetching in Google Chrome. DNS Pre-fetching stores information in the browser to speed up the loading of websites in Chrome. It can, under certain circumstances, result in connection problems. This can happen if a wrong or outdated DNS is stored in the browser for the website in question.

DNS Fetching speeds up page loading by about 250ms. Chrome users who experience connection difficulties regularly might want to try turning the feature off to see if it resolves the issues.

This is done in the Chrome options. A click on the List icon (Customize and control Google Chrome) in the upper right corner and the selection of Options opens the settings window of the web browser.

Click on the settings icon (the three horizontal bars on the top right) and select settings from the context menu that opens. Here you then need to scroll down to show advanced settings.

Uncheck "Predict network actions to improve page load performance" here.

By Martin Brinkmann