Michael Jackson almost kills the Internet

Rob Instigator · 06.26.2009, 11:42 AM

MJ took a slice of the internet with him
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson.
The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe.
"Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic."
As sites fell, users raced to other sites: TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages; users then switched to Perez Hilton's blog, which also struggled to deal with the requests it received.
CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke.
The LA Times, the first news organization to confirm Jackson's death, suffered outages. The site also reported that AOL's instant messenger service had been hit, quoting an AOL statement that said, "AIM was down for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon." The statement said, "Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth."
By Friday morning, news sites seemed to be coping with traffic but Jackson fan site mjfanclub.net was still performing sluggishly. Mashable.com reported that tributes to, and remarks upon, Michael Jackson's death were responsible for 30 percent of tweets.

floatingslowly · 06.26.2009, 11:44 AM

haha yeah, I read that.

it requires one to assume that "twitter", "tmz", "Perez Hilton's blog" and countless crappy news sites ARE The Internet.

Rob Instigator · 06.26.2009, 11:49 AM

to many sad deluded fools, they ARE.

hahahahah!

it also includes the LA Times, AOL, Google. etc.

joe11121 · 06.26.2009, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

haha yeah, I read that.

it requires one to assume that "twitter", "tmz", "Perez Hilton's blog" and countless crappy news site ARE The Internet.

haha, yep

HaydenAsche · 06.26.2009, 12:40 PM

He almost killed gmku?

Sonic Youth 37 · 06.26.2009, 12:47 PM

Michael=Y2K9

atsonicpark · 06.26.2009, 12:56 PM

westernquinox was michael jackson

Rob Instigator · 06.26.2009, 01:07 PM

hahah!

Rob Instigator · 06.26.2009, 01:12 PM

http://ismichaeljacksonazombieyet.com/

06.26.2009, 11:42 AM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	MJ took a slice of the internet with him check it LONDON, England (CNN) -- How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson. The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe. "Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic." As sites fell, users raced to other sites: TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages; users then switched to Perez Hilton's blog, which also struggled to deal with the requests it received. CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke. The LA Times, the first news organization to confirm Jackson's death, suffered outages. The site also reported that AOL's instant messenger service had been hit, quoting an AOL statement that said, "AIM was down for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon." The statement said, "Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth." By Friday morning, news sites seemed to be coping with traffic but Jackson fan site mjfanclub.net was still performing sluggishly. Mashable.com reported that tributes to, and remarks upon, Michael Jackson's death were responsible for 30 percent of tweets. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.26.2009, 11:44 AM	#2
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	haha yeah, I read that. it requires one to assume that "twitter", "tmz", "Perez Hilton's blog" and countless crappy news sites ARE The Internet.
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06.26.2009, 11:49 AM	#3
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	to many sad deluded fools, they ARE. hahahahah! it also includes the LA Times, AOL, Google. etc. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	He almost killed gmku? __________________ rip
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Michael=Y2K9 __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	westernquinox was michael jackson __________________
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06.26.2009, 01:12 PM	#9
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	http://ismichaeljacksonazombieyet.com/ __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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