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Google Mistook Jackson Searches For Net Attack
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."
i will be glad when michael jackson is buried and forgoten, i am tired of the damn media coverage of some dead popstar/pedophole
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
Yes, we do. We just don't feel it's worth mentioning you because most of the time all you say is stupid shit like, "You do know that people outside of North America use the Internet as well, right?"