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Barack Obama Creates History Online
Techtree News Staff, Jan 21, 2009 1133 hrs ISTPeople flooded websites like CNN, MSNBC, and many other news websites to get their share of the historical event
Barack Obama made history yesterday after being sworn in as the US President. However, this caused a lot of web traffic by those who wanted to witness the event and be a part of it. People flooded websites like CNN, MSNBC, and many other news websites to get their share of the historical event.
According to reports, CNN.com and MSNBC.com video feeds covering the swearing-in ceremony were served to millions of viewers. CNN served more than 21.3 million live video streams globally and MSNBC.com served more than 14 million video streams, the report added.
People started visiting community websites like Twitter and Facebook to start conversations and post comments on the event even as Obama was being sworn in as the 44th president of the US.
Also, words related to Barack Obama and the oath taking ceremony were some of the most searched words on Google yesterday and today.
An interesting aside to all this is that many Americans are still not able to spell Barack Obama's name accurately, according to gooseGrade. The service which allows readers to post grammar, spelling, factual accuracy, and language corrections to blogs and other online media outlets says most people misspell the US President's first name as "Barak", followed by "Barrak", and finally "Barrack".
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