Wikipedia traffic surged during black out

Wikipedia traffic surged during black out
British visitors to the website during the blackout on Wednesday rose from an average of 5.6 million to 5.8 million, according to independent figures. Experian Hitwise, a firm that measures web traffic, said that the extra traffic made Wikipedia the …
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SOPA and PIPA, Day 2: The Web Stood its Ground. Now What?
“The Web blackout Wednesday may be remembered as one of the first successful online uprisings in the US, but leaders in the US Senate still planned to begin voting on PIPA next Tuesday.” California Representative Anna Eshoo, Dem., tweeted “I do not …
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Wikipedia blackout

Wikipedia blackout: How to survive it
And most importantly, how will Wikipedia geeks be able update the SOPA Wikipedia page with citations for the Great Wikipedia Blackout? Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours beginning at midnight Eastern Standard Time in protest of draft anti-online …
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Internet blackout stirs debate
Like the rest of the world, Park City was in the dark as websites challenged political leaders and lobbying groups with an Internet blackout Wednesday. The blackout was a 24-hour protest where participating websites closed shop to speak out against the …
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American Idol‘ Star Adam Lambert on The Ellen Show – Video
Last December, American Idol star Adam Lambert had traveled to Finland to celebrate the Christmas holiday with boyfriend Sauli Koskinen and his family. The couple was reportedly out with Finnish beauty queen and ex-Miss Helsinki Sofia Ruusila, …
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Somehow my blog on the American Idol website ended up in their Blog Community Spotlight! VERY COOL!! I’m not sure HOW that happened, but who cares! :)

American Idol‘ auditions in Pittsburgh reveal one heck of a belter: Erika Van …
By Jim Farber / DAILY NEWS MUSIC CRITIC “American Idol” judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson evaluate the performers on the show Thursday night. American Idol contestant Erika Van Pelt from her Facebook page. “Pelt can belt,”declared …
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SOPA song shows times a-changin’

SOPA song shows times a-changin’
by Edward Moyer January 20, 2012 12:33 PM PST Follow @edatnews Protesting, then and now: (clockwise from top left) “Subterranean Homesick Blues” from DA Pennebaker’s “Don’t Look Back,” Dan Bull’s “SOPA Cabana,” Suzie Automatic’s vinyl-sticker take on …
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ESA Drops SOPASupport
Those two proposals, SOPA in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate, are on indefinite hold this week and are essentially dead. As Senators, Congresspeople and even some companies flipped their positions from yay to nay on SOPA and PIPA these …
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Battle Over SOPAShows Why Corporations Need First Amendment Protection
But in their recent protests against anti-piracy legislation pending in Congress — the Stop Online Piracy Act, “SOPA,” and companion legislation in the Senate — high-tech firms demonstrated, for the first time, their awesome capacity for “creative …
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