Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack

bobsilber · 06-29-2009, 09:30 PM

Google has confirmed that the surge of Michael Jackson-related searches on Google News Thursday was first interpreted as an attack on its service.

Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was attack | Webware - CNET

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ZTsJourNeY · 06-29-2009, 09:34 PM

There are lots of unscrupulous people leveraging on people's death for making money. In fact, there are so many other money making opportunities.

defy · 06-29-2009, 09:38 PM

Any good webserver would be scanning for DoS(Denial of Service) attacks. Suddenly getting hit by a few million requests definitely looks like that kind of attack and would trigger a minor of at least a few servers.

~defy

raymagnetic · 06-29-2009, 09:55 PM

Amazing how popular a person he was to make Google's network think a possible virus was attacking it.

awesometbn · 06-29-2009, 10:08 PM

I'm starting to get a little tired hearing what Google thinks is good or bad. I mean one time they marked every search result as a suspicious link. Come on already! All of the automated analysis needs to be paired up with human beings who have some common sense.

chunkmarketing · 06-29-2009, 10:42 PM

its kinda funny that Google wouldn't be expecting a ton of searches for Michael Jackson after his death. apparently they don't really keep up with the news.

Josh Anderson · 06-29-2009, 11:53 PM

One mainstream news report was that Google was inaccessible for some for a short time because of the surge.

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ZTsJourNeY Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 10 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack There are lots of unscrupulous people leveraging on people's death for making money. In fact, there are so many other money making opportunities.

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defy Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Beautiful South Florida Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack Any good webserver would be scanning for DoS(Denial of Service) attacks. Suddenly getting hit by a few million requests definitely looks like that kind of attack and would trigger a minor of at least a few servers. ~defy

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raymagnetic Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 95 Thanks: 12 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack Amazing how popular a person he was to make Google's network think a possible virus was attacking it.

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awesometbn HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 249 Blog Entries: 22 Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack I'm starting to get a little tired hearing what Google thinks is good or bad. I mean one time they marked every search result as a suspicious link. Come on already! All of the automated analysis needs to be paired up with human beings who have some common sense.
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chunkmarketing Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was a denial of service attack its kinda funny that Google wouldn't be expecting a ton of searches for Michael Jackson after his death. apparently they don't really keep up with the news.
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