The Busiest Day of Their Site's Year


	The Busiest Day of Their Site's Year

Hana Alberts

4-16-2008 4:28 PM

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Hana Alberts says:

Imagine running a website that gets the bulk of its traffic in one 24-hour period.

It better not crash during those crucial hours, right?

Are there other websites besides this one that have windows of relevance that result in very short spans of very high traffic?

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