Death Of Jacko, Web nearly fails, Blame it on the Buggy!
Facebook, Twitter, TMZ..Just some of the Web sites that where crushed under the pressure of a mass of visitors trawling the web.
Goodbye Michael
They where trying to confirm the reports broken by the celebrity gossip web site TMZ that the infamous Michael Jackson had Died.
Various TV news reports and a statement from his brother Jermain confirmed the news and its certainly come as a shock to the music world.
Initial figures suggest the Internet received 3 times the traffic than usual in the minutes after the story broke.
The behaviours of people on the web during this unfolding event has showed me the new trend in how news spreads across the globe.
Networking sites such as Twitter spread the unconfirmed rumours, people buzzing with excitement (or in this case shock) flock to more reputable sites such as Sky News to confirm the rumours, then it seems people go back to networking sites to share their thoughts and discuss the present issue.
