Kim search tracked by millions online
Cory Bergman December 7th, 2006
The search for James Kim and subsequent discovery of his body attracted exponentially more attention online than the Iraq Study Group’s report yesterday. For example, as of 1:30 p.m. PT, the Kim story was ranked #1 on MSNBC.com with 1 million page views and the Iraq story was #12. SFGate.com reported that the Kim story received 3,300 page views a minute in the hour after his body was found. Other sites in the Bay Area and Northwest also received substantial traffic bumps.
3 Comments Add your own
1. Greg | December 7th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Don’t forget digg . . . almost every story on the tech sector was about James Kim.
2. Johnny | December 8th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Frozen-in-time satellite photos used by Google Maps and others have to be available as livestreams somewhere, right? Like, it would be dangerous to let just anyone have access to live pictures and super zoom from above, but in a time of missing persons, couldn’t there be a government site that gives the public access?
“Here, we’re giving everyone in the world the ability to search for James Kim. We’ve blocked off an area with a 50-mile radius where we think he might be. Don’t you want to be the one who finds him?”
3. Sam | January 18th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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