As the world goes into Michael Jackson frenzy, it is onteresting to note what sort of an impace one Michael Jackson has had on virtually the entire planet. Google was swamped, iTunes has seen sales of Michael Jackson songs skyrocket and Amazon has seen the same trend. Let’s have a look at the top stories concerning the death of one of the last great superstars of the world:

The entire internet was slowed down immediately following Michael Jackson’s death due the the massive amounts of people logging on to verify the information. When the news first broke, Google thought it was under attack. Many users searching on Google were presented with an error message saying “your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application”

Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker had this to say: “It’s true that between approximately 2:40 PM Pacific and 3:15 PM Pacific, some Google news usersexperienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson and saw the error page”

Micro blogging serice Twitter also crashed amongst the heavy traffic load following the singers death.

TMZ, the popular celebrity gossip website was the first to break the news of Jackson’s death, and their site also crashed.  As users struggled for information, they went to Perez Hilton, and his website too crashed from the volume of traffic.(Source)

Michale Jackson song and record sales have also gone through the roof on iTunes and Amazon.com Jackson albums were the 15 best selling CD’s on Amazon on Friday with ‘Thriller: 25th year anniversary’  leading the way.

Thirteen of the Top 20 selling albums on iTunes on Friday came from Michael Jackson (source)

Meanwhile police are searching for Michael Jacksons doctor after seizing a car that may contain drugs or other evidence. (Source)

The DailyMail are also reporting on the deadly cocktail of drugs that Jackson was taking on a daily basis (HERE)

You all remember the Filipino dancing prison inmates who re-enacted Thriller? Well they’ve done a tribute! Perez Hilton has got it (HERE)

For the most up to date news on Michael Jackson, the people who broke the news, TMZ are also a good source. Click HERE.

And that’s it for now, if you sign onto Google alerts for Michael Jackson, you’ll be receiving hundreds of e-mails!

Sean Lloyd

Editor