Comments on: MJ's Death Makes Web Traffic Spike, But No Internet Meltdown

By: Should Web Page Speed Influence Google PageRank?

Should Web Page Speed Influence Google PageRank? — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:30:54 +0000

[...] Hours after the news of Michael Jackson’s death spread on the web, many news sites became inaccessible and suffered slowdowns. Those sites didn’t crash but instead were hampered because they were [...]

By: Remembering 9/11 — A Time Before Social Networks – GigaOM

Remembering 9/11 — A Time Before Social Networks – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:03:54 +0000

[...] that country’s election. But we’ve also seen how major news events, most notably the death of Michael Jackson in June, can significantly slow down and disrupt the [...]

By: Michael Jackson Memorial Nearly Shuts Down Internet | Nerdlike.com

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:03:00 +0000

[...] per minute as of 1 pm EST and an average of more than 3.3 million visitors per minute overall. That is second only to the 4,247,971 global visitors per minute who visited news sites on June 25th when the news of [...]

By: King of Pop Proves to Be King of Traffic: MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:58:45 +0000

By: King of Pop Proves to be King of Traffic: MJ’s Online Memorial Pushes Internet’s Limits

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:45:11 +0000

By: Preparing for News About You on the Web

Preparing for News About You on the Web — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:01:55 +0000

[...] I’m not famous, so I doubt that any news about me would cause a spike in internet traffic, or get me invited to appear on The Colbert Report. But recent events made me realize that I still [...]

By: Links of the Week 6/29-7/4 » jeffpesek.com

Links of the Week 6/29-7/4 » jeffpesek.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:46:48 +0000

[...] what happens to the web when a celebrity dies? [...]

By: MJ Fans Flock to eBay for Memorabilia

MJ Fans Flock to eBay for Memorabilia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:02:47 +0000

[...] Martinez | Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 5:02 PM PT | 0 comments Millions of people logged onto the web when the news of Michael Jackson’s sudden death broke last week, and they’re continuing [...]

By: Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » Jackson’s traffic spike

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:44:36 +0000

[...] Malik survey’s the Net traffic spike after Michael Jackson’s death: Around 6:30 p.m. EST, Akamai’s Net [...]

By: Vikram Singh

Vikram Singh — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:32:19 +0000

Yes it does. And I love what WP has done with the latest releases.