The traffic numbers are beginning to roll in now and it appears online news sites fared poorly in handling a flash flood of traffic following the death of singer Michael Jackson.
Keynote Systems, a company that tracks site performance, is reporting that a review of the more than 30 online news services the firm covers, shows that availability on average fell from 100 percent to 86 percent. The average time it took to access the home pages of top media sites jumped from 4.2 seconds to 8.9 seconds.
"News of Michael Jackson's death swamps news sites"
- News of Michael Jackson's death swamps news sites - Web - Crave - CNET Asia (view on Google Sidewiki)
