A method for reducing latency in network connections, the method comprising: receiving, at an optimization apparatus, a request, from one of one or more client devices (14 -14(n)), for a network resource hosted at one of one or more server devices (16 -16(n)); determining, at the optimization apparatus, whether an automatic redirect parameter is enabled for the request; sending the request from one proxy processing device acting as the requesting one of the one or more client devices (14 -14(n)) within the optimization apparatus to another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus when the automatic redirect parameter is determined to be enabled; repeatedly obtaining, at the another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus, a redirect message with one or more optimized cookies associated with the requested network resource from the one or more server devices (16 -16(n)),, sending the redirect message and the one or more optimized cookies from the another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus to the one proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus, sending from the one proxy processing device back to the another proxy processing device a new request for the requested network resource using the redirect message until the requested network resource is located; and forwarding, when the requested network resource is located, from the one proxy processing device to the requesting one of the one or more client devices (14 -14(n)), only a last of the obtained redirect messages with the one or more optimized cookies associated with the requested network resource. receiving, at an optimization apparatus, a request, from one of one or more client devices (14 -14(n)), for a network resource hosted at one of one or more server devices (16 -16(n)); determining, at the optimization apparatus, whether an automatic redirect parameter is enabled for the request; sending the request from one proxy processing device acting as the requesting one of the one or more client devices (14 -14(n)) within the optimization apparatus to another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus when the automatic redirect parameter is determined to be enabled; repeatedly obtaining, at the another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus, a redirect message with one or more optimized cookies associated with the requested network resource from the one or more server devices (16 -16(n)),, sending the redirect message and the one or more optimized cookies from the another proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus to the one proxy processing device within the optimization apparatus, sending from the one proxy processing device back to the another proxy processing device a new request for the requested network resource using the redirect message until the requested network resource is located; and forwarding, when the requested network resource is located, from the one proxy processing device to the requesting one of the one or more client devices (14 -14(n)), only a last of the obtained redirect messages with the one or more optimized cookies associated with the requested network resource.