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Shoppers flock to Amazon on Cyber Monday | | 2009/12/01 | | Amazon was one of the online retailers receiving a large numbers of visitors to its site on Cyber Monday.
Following the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend in the US, Cyber Monday marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season when a large number of online searches for bargains occur.
Cyber Monday helps to generate traffic and sales for online retailers and is an important day for sites to be running smoothly.
As a result of word spreading that online retail sales were increasing, Amazon shares rose to a record high.
Amazon was able to benefit from the surge in online buyers as the site was up and running throughout the day.
Website monitoring services prevent such companies from missing out on online sales in the event that the site were to go down. |
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