Colbert Bump - Firefox 3 Proves its Existence

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 Colbert Bump - Firefox 3 Proves its Existence
Many of us at Mozilla and within the Mozilla community were excited when Stephen Colbert gave Firefox 3 his “Colbert Bump” on the day of Firefox 3’s launch (a big thanks to Jonathan Zittrain). You can watch the video here. Download Day was a wild success, and we were happy to share some thanks and credit [...] [link]

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Firefox 3 measures a Colbert Bump
Published 7/8/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
Hey, remember when Stephen mentioned Firefox 3 on the day of its release? Well, they’re quite pleased to report that they did, indeed, see a “Colbert Bump” in downloads from his mentioning it during the broadcast. Colbert Bump - Firefox 3 Proves its Existence Many of us at Mozilla and within the Mozilla community were excited when Stephen Colbert gave Firefox 3 his “Colbert Bump” on the day of Firefox 3’s launch (a big thanks to Jonathan Zittrain). . . . Here’s what we did: we ...

Proof of the ‘Colbert Bump’
Published 7/8/2008 by Cory Bergman at Lost Remote
... One minute after Stephen Colbert said on the air, “Firefox 3 just got the Colbert Bump,” downloads of the new versions spiked. You can even see subsequent spikes with the re-runs. (By the way, I love my FF 3 so much, I feel like mocking IE 7 users. But I don’t, obviously, for professional reasons.) ...

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