Mother Jones Metrics ‘Melted’ After Romney Meltdown

[highplainsdem]

Source: New York Observer

So, just how much traffic did Mother Jones receive to their website after publishing their blockbuster video of Mitt Romney?

“The traffic melted the needle of our live meter,” said Monika Bauerlein, an editor at the liberal magazine, when we reached her this afternoon. “Our metric software just couldn’t keep up.”

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Ms. Bauerlein noted that the video has gotten 2.4 million views – that they know of.

Though they are unsure of the total number of visitors, the magazine’s website received a record number of hits after they published the footage of Mitt Romney speaking candidly at a fundraiser. Their analytical capacities were overwhelmed by the onslaught of traffic, the web site did not go offline because Mother Jones beefed up their back-end in anticipation of an increase in traffic.

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Read more: http://observer.com/2012/09/mother-jones-metrics-melt-after-romney-meltdown/

[byeya]

1. No publicity is bad publicity, eh Miffers?

[liberal N proud]

2. I found DU through MoJo

It is one of my favorite sites on the net.

[Indpndnt]

8. And I found MoJo through DU.

Funny how things work out!

[Maine-ah]

18. same here!

[Voice for Peace]

21. you must have passed each other on the interwebs

[zonkers]

23. I wonder if anyone else came here from THE AMERICAN PROSPECT (TAP) message board which eventually

migrated to world crossings. Thats how I found DU. This was about 12 years ago.

[Animal Chin]

3. I wondered why they were waiting until midday today to release the whole tape

Now I think I know...they had to prepare for the traffic.

[calimary]

16. Welcome to DU, Animal Chin!

I'm watching Chris Matthews on MSNBC with steam coming out his ears, he's so outraged at wrongney for what he said on that videotape.

LOVE IT! Let's have some MORE! And let's make sure he doesn't get ANYWHERE NEAR the White House - EVER!!!!! Except on one of those public White House tours maybe.

Glad you're here. We need you!




Now get to work.

[pscot]

26. Wrongney deserves to go viral

[Indpndnt]

22. That and giving each issue a day of its own in the news. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

4. Johnathan Alter saying Mitt's still in it owing to dirty tricks ahead.

At least he mentioned the Ayn Rand connection. She's out of the closet now. But how many Republicans are really devotees of her philosophy? Not all I imagine. Not nearly.

[mac56]

10. How many Republicans even know who the hell she was?

[elbloggoZY27]

5. No Bomb

Iran wants a Nuclear Bomb and not as a deterrent to a Military Attack.

Hopefully they will never achieve this goal.

[ret5hd]

6. you're right on top o' things, aren't you?

[robinlynne]

12. lol

[Ken Burch]

7. And that relates to this thread how, exactly?

[Indpndnt]

9. Non sequiturs your thing?

[mac56]

11. Is it farther to Boston or by bus?

[A Simple Game]

13. Why, yes it is. n/t

[Tsiyu]

14. Can you see Iran from your backyard? n/t

[frylock]

15. i like turtles

[Indpndnt]

20. Okay, this one's my favorite!

[L0oniX]

28. +1

[calimary]

17. Welcome to DU elbloggoZY27!

Glad you're here! mittski just provided a bomb of his own. Eager to see the polls in the days ahead, and how they reflect this.

We need you! There's an election to win!





Now get to work.

[Voice for Peace]

24. ..

[L0oniX]

27. What's it like to be a rocket scientist?

[Javaman]

31. Oh you poor thing...

You try so hard.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. So much for thinking it's just media wonks who are looking at it.

YouTube reset the counter again! It's showing 98,634 views on the first video and 26,158 on the second one.

[Ash_F]

25. Oh hey look, people are interested in real journalism

Good job Mother Jones.

People are actually interested in what political figures actually say and not the pontifications of the talking heads on tv.

[sarcasmo]

29. Kick!

[RainDog]

30. k&r

lots of people talking about this one..