BBC News traffic soars

One of the fastest growing Web sites for the week ending August 13th was BBC News, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. It grew 98 percent week over week from work, increasing from a unique
audience of 888,000 to 1.8 million. Visitors have likely been following the breaking news surrounding the arrest and detention of 24 terrorist suspects in Great Britain.

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2 comments about 'BBC News traffic soars'

I feel sure the terrorist story had little to do with the spike on BBC News. I think it's the low-jinks of Pete Doherty.

Posted by Roy Rogers Oldenkamp at August 22, 2006 3:07 PM

I assume this is the international edition only? - these figures are far lower than for the whole of the BBC News site.

Posted by Gareth at August 25, 2006 9:54 AM

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