Google Mistook Jackson Searches For Net Attack

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 28, 2009 @12:08PM from the did-say-sorry-about-the-old-woman dept.

Slatterz writes "Web giant Google has admitted it thought the sudden spike in searches for Michael Jackson on Thursday was a massive, coordinated internet attack, leading it to post an error page on Google News. The company's director of product management, RJ Pittman, explained that search volume began to increase around 2pm PDT on Thursday and 'skyrocketed' by 3pm, finally stabilising at around 8pm. According to Pittman, last week also saw one of the largest mobile search spikes ever seen, with 5 of the top 20 searches about Jackson. Google wasn't the only site caught out by the extraordinary events. The Los Angeles Times web site also crashed soon after it broke the news of Jackson's death."

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He feels BAD about this Thriller History! by freaker_TuC · 2009-06-28 23:45 · Score: 0, Redundant

Guess he was a SMOOTH CRIMINAL slashdotting all those servers!

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