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Google said Friday it thought it was under attack when a barrage of “Michael Jackson” searches pelted its servers Thursday afternoon as news spread of the entertainer’s sudden death.
For about 25 minutes people looking for news about Jackson were greeted with a page which suggests the query was automated and would not be honored without the completion of a CAPTCHA-like challenge. “To protect our servers, we can’t process your request right now,” it said.
Google also said that “We saw one of the largest mobile search spikes we’ve ever seen, with 5 of the top 20 searches about the Moonwalker.”
As depicted in the chart above, the search spike was nearly vertical at shortly before 3 pm, and tapered off as the day wore on. Google didn’t quantify the number and the chart they published has no values in the “y” axis. But from a relative zero at 2 pm PT it seems to skyrocket in the moments just before 3 pm.
Official Google Blog: Outpouring of searches for the late Michael Jackson.
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Source: John C Abell
