Safari interface is painfully slow but broadband speed fine

Hi there - for the last few days using the interface on my Safari has been paaaaainfully slow (writing text, changing tab, scrolling etc). However my broadband speed seems fine (8.7MB). Any suggestions for how to fix the interface speed? I have shut down iPhoto and iTunes but no improvement.
Bizarrely writing this right now is working fine but moving between tabs and writing in Gmail are still very slow...
I am not very tech savvy so any simple suggestions would be very much appreciated - thank you!

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Some routers are better than others on a Mac. It's all about the firmware and the degree of compatibility built into it by the developer. Make sure you have the latest Netgear firmware installed on the router. Check the support page on Netgear's site.
Also, in the Netgear Router preference panel, add these DNS server codes, which may facilitate the page loading on the Mac - 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222. There are OpenDNS codes, which have been shown to be much more efficient for Safari than those used by Internet Providers.

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