G4 running 10.3.9 on a go slow

Evening all
My Mac has recently been running very slowly, especially when browsing the internet. I'm running Firefox 1.5 on OSX.3.9, and things are sometimes painfully slow. I have recently upgraded to iTunes 7.1 - and this seems to be quite a lot for my old(ish!) mac to handle. Could this be the reason for things going slow?
Is there any maintenance / cleanup beyond the usual emptying of internet caches etc. that anyone can recommend before I start trying to revert back to old versions of iTunes?
It could just be that the Mac is getting a bit old now, but I don't really know where to start tweaking it to see if I can get things running a bit quicker without having to upgrade.
Any help gratefully received!!
Mac Power PC G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 733 Mhz, 640 Mb RAM

Hi ngowerjo!
What size is the Hard Drive, and how much space is available?
You will find suggested maintenance routines in these links.
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