"Reports of Michael Jackson's death emerged on a showbiz website, sparking a massive surge in online traffic around the globe as millions of people logged on to find out more.
So many people wanted to verify early reports of the singer's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour.
Among US users alone, 36 out of the top 100 Google search terms were linked to Jackson's death and his music.
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Link:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3377744.html |
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/25/the-web-collapses-under-the-weight-of-michael-jacksons-death/
"Update 2: And here’s a tweet in kind of poor taste from Google Maps API team: “Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer up by watching some Geo I/O talks.” Way to promote yourself at the expense of someone’s death, Google. Classy."
Later Google apologized. |
How sad:
'Michael Jackson’s death sparks off spam'
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/post/5035 |
Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion Michael J. Jackson et al
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MAUgAAAAEBAJ
[HTML formatting removed – Tony] |
The still to be launched Vevo.com placed "In memory of Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009) Your music video legacy will live on! "
http://vevo.com/ |
Google's director of product management, R.J. Pittman, reported in googleblog about the traffic related to searches about Michael Jackson.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/outpouring-of-searches-for-late-michael.html
"The spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so big that Google News initially mistook it for an automated attack. As a result, for about 25 minutes yesterday, when some people searched Google News they saw a 'We're sorry' page before finding the articles they were looking for."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SkU-oWd43GI/AAAAAAAAD9E/a5-AwfnLbhI/s400/michael-jackson-searches.png
PC Autority coverage: http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/148727,google-mistook-mj-searches-for-net-attack.aspx
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