Chippiewill
26-06-2009, 11:30 AM
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8120324.stm
The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson's death.
Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack.
Millions of people who Googled the star's name were greeted with an error page rather than a list of results.
Google trends, searches for 'Michael Jack Death: http://www.google.com/trends/viz?hl=&q=michael+jackson+died&date=2009-6-26&graph=hot_img&sa=X
The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson's death.
Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack.
Millions of people who Googled the star's name were greeted with an error page rather than a list of results.
Google trends, searches for 'Michael Jack Death: http://www.google.com/trends/viz?hl=&q=michael+jackson+died&date=2009-6-26&graph=hot_img&sa=X