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"We didn't advertise it at all," he said. "We just sent it to our friends."
Within hours, someone at the Pentagon got wind of it, and soon word spread to journalists, Nugent said. By Friday, many Web journals, called blogs, referred to the site. Internet users also circulated e-mail telling friends to check it out.
Nugent said the group's contract with its Web host called for a limit of 2,000 hits a month -- but the site was getting 4,000 per second, putting other businesses sharing that host in jeopardy. The group looked for more powerful servers and decided to shut down after crashing four. The site was back up as of Saturday.
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com
Within hours, someone at the Pentagon got wind of it, and soon word spread to journalists, Nugent said. By Friday, many Web journals, called blogs, referred to the site. Internet users also circulated e-mail telling friends to check it out.
Nugent said the group's contract with its Web host called for a limit of 2,000 hits a month -- but the site was getting 4,000 per second, putting other businesses sharing that host in jeopardy. The group looked for more powerful servers and decided to shut down after crashing four. The site was back up as of Saturday.
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com
