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Emily Knab

Record traffic for websites during World Cup - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart ne... - 0 views

  • In contrast, during the World Cup in 2006, only 48-million unique users visited Fifa.com over the four weeks of the tournament's duration. The single day record was set on June 22 when Italy played the Czech Republic and generated 250-million unique views.
  • In 2006, social networking was just hitting the big time: MySpace was still big, and Facebook had opened its doors to anyone in the world. YouTube was also rising in popularity. Bluetooth and 3G internet were slowly beginning to be incorporated into lower-end phones. The Motorola RAZR was the most popular phone of the year.
  • seven million visits per minute -- during the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany when the United States lost to Ghana
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  • Fifa.com.
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    contextual info
Simeon Spearman

World Cup sends shocks through Twitter, Facebook | VentureBeat - 0 views

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    Another look at World Cup and social media. This article also mentions Facebook activity surrounding the World Cup such as status updates and views of the "Write the Future" Nike campaign.
Emily Knab

World Cup Pushes Twitter to the Limit - 2 views

  • record traffic from the World Cup has apparently pushed Twitter to the breakin
  • g point, as the service racks up hours of downtime and frustrates users with error messages and failures.
Emily Knab

World Cup 2010 Instant Replay In Lego - 0 views

  • Lego Fussball is making stop-motion summaries of World Cup games using Lego. After seeing Italy playing today, I'm sure some of them will be better than the real thing.
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    Lego Fussball replays of soccer matches
Rhiannon Apple

World Cup Loss to Ghana Is Most Watched U.S. Men's Soccer Match in History - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Stat on how the World Cup is being watched 48% more this year than last
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Ivy Chang

Facebook and Twitter won the World Cup Final | The Verge - 0 views

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    Facebook reveals that 88 million people left more than 280 million posts, comments, and likes about the Germany vs. Argentina game, surpassing the previous engagement record for a single sporting event set during Superbowl XLVII (245 million interactions). The most active country during the game was the US, while males aged 18 to 24 were the most engaged.
Emily Knab

MediaPost Publications High Ratings For World Cup -- But Long Term- Prospects For U.S. ... - 0 views

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    says its just a fad... soccer is only big in US when its world cup time.. i guess we will see about if this holds true this time around
Emily Knab

World Cup 2010: Get Published on a Skyscraper! | Fast Company - 0 views

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    led lights create this huge skyscraper billboard, where users can write up to 57 characters that will be displayed as part of the "write your headline" part of the campaign. theyre kicking adidas ass.
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    used in daily 6.25
Simeon Spearman

Esquire Misses the Point on Twitter and the World Cup - 0 views

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    Point-counterpoint
Emily Knab

On the Web, World Cup victories more popular than Obama's victory - CNN.com - 0 views

  • observers calling the tournament the biggest event in Web history.
  • The tournament has surpassed the historic election of President Obama, which held that honor until now
  • According to Akamai, a content delivery network, the Web peaked at more than 12 million users per minute just two hours after the kickoff between South Africa and Mexico. By comparison, about 8.5 million people were logging on per minute the November evening that Obama was elected in 2008.
Simeon Spearman

USA vs Algeria World Cup Match Could Set New Internet Traffic Record - 0 views

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    go team amurica :-)
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