Funny: How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, brought chaos to Google... and 'killed off' Jeff Goldblum

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.

TMZ.com stole a march on traditional media outlets with its scoop that Jackson had died from a heart attack two hours before it was confirmed by the more 'reputed' sources of The LA Times and Associated Press.

Confusion reigned for several hours in newsrooms about whether Michael Jackson was in a coma or perhaps had already passed away - although some bloggers suggested the story was a hoax.

The 24-hour news services provided by Sky and BBC were forced to credit TMZ for their most up-to-date information.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195651/How-Michael-Jacksons-death-shut-Twitter-overwhelmed-Google--killed-Jeff-Goldblum.html

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Funny: How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, brought chaos to Google... and 'killed off' Jeff Goldblum

Funny: How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, brought chaos to Google... and 'killed off' Jeff Goldblum

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