On Thursday, June 25, news of Michael Jackson's death created havoc for search engines.
Google suffered such a severe rush in traffic the day Jackson died that Google first thought it was under attack. For 25 minutes an interstitial error page showed up until Google determined the cause. Google saw searches for Jackson such as "michael jackson dead" and "michael jackson hoax" which peaked about 3:00pm.
AIM, AOL's messaging service was knocked offline for 40 minutes.
Check out the story at Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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