SOPA Protest: Wikipedia Traffic Trend (updated)
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Feed Name: Zscaler Security Research Blog
During Wikipedia's Jan 18 SOPA protest, Zscaler observed a large spike in visitors—approximately a 365% increase to the SOPA Initiative page and >77% increase across SOPA-related pages—while overall transactions per visitor dropped, a pattern the author calls "online rubber necking" indicating many users visited to view the protest content rather than engage in normal site activity.
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