Perez Hilton and Britney Spears
Written by Andrew Meagher (contact - e-mail) -- December 21st, 2006 |
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Bloggers have the unique opportunity to present their views without fear of recriminations thanks to the relative anonymity the medium provides. Some use this to their advantage, and watch their popularity skyrocket as their posts become more and more controversial. But there’s where the twist comes in. The more notoriety a blogger attains, the less anonymity they can retain. So they have a choice — tone down their musings and maintain a private life or embrace the madness of celebrity. Perez Hilton has clearly chosen the latter, and all of the trappings that come with it.
In the past few weeks, the self-styled “Queen of all Media” has gotten tons of press, agreed to a live appearance on MTV’s World-wide, Celeb-studded New Year’s Eve show from Times Square, and been hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit from a paparazzi agency claiming damages from his unaccredited use of their photos. I guess the Queen has truly arrived.
But the real proof is in the clicks, at least as far as we here at Compete are concerned. Take a look at the last few weeks of visitors to his site:
Note: The image above was inspired by the artwork featured daily on PerezHilton.com, examples of which can be seen here, here, and here.
We’re still trying to come up with a reason for the sudden amazing upsurge in visits to his site during the last week of November. We’re really scratching our heads over this one. What could have caused a sudden quadrupling in the number of people who visit a site devoted to posting unflattering photographs (with scribbled graffiti) of well-known people? Maybe it will always remain a secret.
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December 21st, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Wasn’t that right around the time people got real mad at Perez Hilton for “stealing” photos taken by other “freelance photojournalists” and passing them off as original work or using without attribution.
-Ben
December 21st, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Follow the links, Ben, follow the links…
December 21st, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Call me crazy, but I’m guessing there is a high correlation with Perez’s site traffic and Britney’s crotch shots.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 am
If you know, tell me!…
Perez Hilton’s traffic quadrupled in one week. Why? Do you know?
I’d settle on doubling my traffic in a month.
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December 22nd, 2006 at 11:32 am
People couldn’t help themselves. That had to go and look. Britney’s “stuff” is like the pied piper, so to speak.
March 6th, 2007 at 6:15 am
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April 9th, 2007 at 2:41 am
Ok I love Britney all the same but this time shes gone too far. Read the story below. This is from the Official Britney Spears Site.
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June 18th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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October 31st, 2007 at 11:39 am
Can you please help me try to figure out how to use this video?
I cannot seem to get it to work. http://www.britneyvideosite.com
October 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Thank you so much.
I did appreciated it a lots from you as a fan that you are.
But one thing i did had time to sent you an email right.
But you couldnt reach at rihanna emails ok.
This time i want you know that you are going trought this with us right.
Look at you right now,bye.
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