Encyclopedia Site Overloaded

Internet Online Internet-based Encyclopedia of Life proving to be very popular maybe too popular. Computers supporting the site have been overwhelmed.
by Associated Press
Published: Wed, February 27, 2008 - 6:21 am CST Last Updated: Wed, February 27, 2008 - 6:41 am CST
WASHINGTON (AP) - The people who put together an Internet-based
Encyclopedia Of Life had hoped their new site would be popular. But
it may have ended up being a little too popular. The computers
supporting the site ended up being overwhelmed and the site ended
up crashing for a while. Organizers of the site say it logged 11.5
million hits over 5 1/2 hours, including two hours of down time
when it made its debut yesterday. The site features Web pages
devoted to different species of life on Earth. It launched with
pages for 30,000 species and eventually will have more than a
million pages. Encyclopedia founding chairman Jesse Ausubel
acknowledged the site has been "overwhelmed by traffic" but
declares himself "thrilled" with the response so far.
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