Prince of Pop Ruled ‘net in late ‘09

Analysts are reviewing domain name sales and web traffic activity through 2009 and realizing a stunning result: the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, termed the “King” or the Prince of Pop, garnered unlimited SEO traffic and related merchandise site purchases.

Google News posits that Jackson outlisted Britney Spears in search request. But the death of Jackson prompted more than searches. The collectibles market in Jackson memorabilia skyrocketed. Online Itunes and other venues units flowed. These media buys include music and video, which Jackson pioneered in dance form.

YouTube, in the days following the announcement, strained at the limits to service requests for videos like Jackson’s hits ‘Thriller” and Billie Jean”. Any online marketer with a vintage Michael Jackson video streaming on Youtube got a ton of hits to their channel, and the links in their information bar.

Jackson’s name in related domain name turnover accounted for a sizeable slice of Q4 domain revenue. Jackson funeral and death information SE requests traffic came so thick and fast that any “squatter” name was bound to realize revenue even before the formidable Jackson estate might pursue legal matters. This unusual profit taking shored up a wobbly 2009 domain market to close it strong.

Michael Jackson Death nearly crashes Web

A major force in popular culture, contemporary music, visual media, and modern dance has died and the world is the poorer for it. Michael Jackson at 50 has died entirely too soon to suit hundreds of millions of people on earth. But they all rushed to the internet to talk about it, proving once again that social networking operates as a universal benchmark of what people are cocnerned about.

Michael Jackson’s death Thursday afternoon has brought enough world emotional impact that individuals across the planet looking for more information and consolation crashed Twitter and the Michael Jackson’s Wikipedia entry. Emotion ran high and fans erected memorial sites. Facebook and Youtube participated in each other’s bandwidth helix of shutdown pain.