Portal talk:Current events/October 2004

When this page is created, please categorize it as follows:. This will cause it to be listed in the first section in the list of articles on the category page, instead of in the "O" section. - dcljr 16:36, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Or don't. I just fixed this. - dcljr / talk 19:51, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Note that the links in the calendar at the upper right do not work with preferences set to another than the default date format, like October 1, 2004.--Patrick 15:32, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)

Persistent leap in internet traffic around October 2004?
Does anyone know why Alexa recorded a significant leap in Web traffic on all major portal sites (but not on news sites or other types of sites) around October 2004? I can't find any reason for it but I consistently see this pattern in traffic data for portal sites.

e.g.:
 * http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=900&h=350&r=20y&y=r&u=yahoo.com&u=msn.com&u=google.com&u=microsoft.com
 * http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=900&h=350&r=20y&y=r&u=aol.com&u=netscape.com&u=download.com&u=cnet.com

If you can work out what the cause of this is please let me know (ian@hixie.ch).

-- 65.57.245.11 08:53, 12 November 2005 (UTC) (Hixie)