The internet came alive like never before as people around the world logged on to follow the stunning news of Michael Jackson’s death.
The story created such a surge in online traffic that Google returned an ‘error message’ for searches of the singer’s name as it assumed it was under attack.
And just seconds after the story broke on the American entertainment website TMZ.com, messages or ‘Tweets’ about the singer on the micro-blogging site Twitter doubled, leading to a temporary shutdown of the site.
