IE slow to connect to website when not typing in a full URL.?

It's odd, I type "google.com" and just to

even get an initial connect to the web page takes up to 20 seconds.

Type "http://google.com" and I get an instant connect and load.

IE slow to connect to website when not typing in a full URL.?safari browser

Why not make Google your home page? Just add the complete URL (http://www.google.com) and you're good to go. Even by omitting the www. from the address you're just making the browser work a little extra to find the proper protocol.

IE slow to connect to website when not typing in a full URL.?ds browser internet explorer

When you use google.com, your computer has to make a few inquiries to get the actual address. If you type the full address (including the trailing slash), it only has to make one inquiry. (Leaving off the trailing slash, as in http://www.google.com, makes it two inquiries.) Evidently your path to your DNS server is slow, so the difference is very noticeable.