Original Post from Ilya Grigorik: Hooray.. rel=prefetch will be (re)enabled in Chrome M38: http://bit.ly/Uqjjn9 - yes, it's currently disabled by default. Even better, prefetch requests will now persist across page navigations, which makes it infinitely more useful. Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 12.08.35 PM.png - mjc