Internet Groans under Weight of Michael Jackson Traffic
Ars Technica, June 26, 2009
By Jacqui Cheng
The passing of pop icon Michael Jackson affected numerous services across the Internet in major ways. As fans and onlookers tried to locate and pass on news, various sites were pushed to their limits, with Google describing the incident as "volcanic."
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