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Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack
searchenginewatch ^ | June 27, 2009

Posted on 06/27/2009 4:45:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Twitter may have broke the story, but the increase in search traffic at Google Thursday was first seen as a malware attack Google admitted.

The Google News site had to shut down briefly leaving a message that read: "We're sorry, but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now."

Yahoo saw a record number of unique visitors for a day with 16.4 million visitors. It was also their single most visited story in their history.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: google; internet; michaeljackson; newmedia; twitter


1 posted on 06/27/2009 4:45:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 06/27/2009 4:48:45 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

PUHLeaze make it stop


3 posted on 06/27/2009 4:49:15 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Can’t stop—this is Hugh and Series....


4 posted on 06/27/2009 4:50:43 AM PDT by WarriorPoet
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To: JoeProBono

while the US is disintegrating under Democrat rule, people take the time and effort to research a guy who was a deviant pedophile who just happened to be a very good singer/performer.


5 posted on 06/27/2009 4:51:20 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: driftdiver
Amazing!

If people took a interest in how Obama is screwing the hell out of people through “universal health care, open borders and “cap and trade” someone would put him out of his misery too.

Enough of Jackson! Let the freak rest in peace. He was bound to have an ending like this.

6 posted on 06/27/2009 4:53:29 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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You read my mind.


7 posted on 06/27/2009 4:53:56 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: JoeProBono

Even with this death the msm seeks to push their agenda.

WABC radio news reporting that the search for info on Sandford mistress topped the searches for Jackson and Fawcett.


8 posted on 06/27/2009 5:08:30 AM PDT by Carley
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I know you like pictures..how is this for a freak show? What you can't see is that MJ and Liz's gay hubby are holding hands behind her back.

9 posted on 06/27/2009 5:15:40 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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10 posted on 06/27/2009 5:19:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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11 posted on 06/27/2009 5:24:06 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: nmh

12 posted on 06/27/2009 5:25:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: ShadowAce

ping!


13 posted on 06/27/2009 5:35:58 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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14 posted on 06/27/2009 5:54:14 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: JoeProBono

Michael who?


15 posted on 06/27/2009 6:02:45 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: JoeProBono

More concern for a slimy little pervert than for the freedom of the Iranian people doesn’t give a positive picture of the USA!


16 posted on 06/27/2009 8:44:09 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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That is freaky!


17 posted on 06/27/2009 8:45:45 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: JoeProBono

I have experienced this problem before with Google. Google refuses to do anything about it.


18 posted on 06/27/2009 8:49:24 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (When the going gets tough, the tough go out for ice cream.)
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