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Firefox 3 Proves Colbert Bump is Real

blog.mozilla.com — Stephen Colbert gave Firefox 3 his “Colbert Bump” on the day of Firefox 3’s launch. We looked at downloads of Firefox 3 by users within the U.S. – to see what, if anything, could be detected. At minute 23 of the broadcast, Colbert said, “Firefox 3 just got the Colbert Bump.” Guess what happened next...

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  • pckbeta, on 07/08/2008, -12/+750You mean national television exposure for a product improves sales and awareness? Somebody should build an industry around this fantastic idea...
  • microft, on 07/08/2008, -7/+552If Colbert mentions twitter, he might kill it.
  • davidrools, on 07/08/2008, -10/+278twitter's so emo it kills itself several times a day
  • Metaleks, on 07/08/2008, -13/+216Colbert should mention Digg. It's time for payback for all the servers digg crashed with the "digg effect" :)
  • YancyFryJr, on 07/13/2008, -4/+142Apparently, tonight's word is Open Source.
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/08/2008, -2/+130What's left to kill?
  • theotheragentm, on 07/08/2008, -5/+131So Colbert is like Digg in human form?
  • mtschmie, on 07/08/2008, -0/+123He has and he mocked digger's incredible ability to bitch about everything, but not actually get anything done.

    He probably had a point.
  • UnleashX, on 07/08/2008, -6/+101this article is full of truthiness!
  • HueytheFreeman, on 07/08/2008, -0/+75If I wasn't so comfy right now I might even do something about it!
  • davidrools, on 07/08/2008, -2/+70i don't doubt the effect of the bump. It was weeks until I could find Americone Dream in stores after it came out. Even the Ben and Jerry's shops were sold out. And I've never eaten more Doritos in my life until these past few months.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2008, -5/+63Emos don't actually get to kill themselves... sadly.
  • buckybadger, on 07/08/2008, -1/+49Dear Steven,

    What are the odds you can give the stock market the Colbert bump? I'm kinda not doing so well right now.

    Joe Citizen
  • Anpheus, on 07/08/2008, -3/+47Hopefully.
  • jerrolds, on 07/08/2008, -5/+40Guys come on...Colbert Report is one of the last good things on television nowadays...no more american idol, or CSI spinoffs please
  • vinceislegend, on 07/08/2008, -2/+33And then Colbert will bump this story, and the blogosphere will implode?
  • stretch611, on 07/08/2008, -0/+30Does that mean Unreal on Linux is so fast it's Firefox?
  • pyro789x, on 07/08/2008, -0/+28If true, it could be because people who post first are in too much of a rush to get their comment near the top of the page that they don't actually spend time creating a comment worth reading.
  • soccerman90, on 07/08/2008, -2/+29experience the dugg down effect for your lame, worthless comment
  • BeardedTacoFish, on 07/08/2008, -2/+24Canadian link for the “Colbert Bump” Firefox 3 clip: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-repor ...
  • cambrown99, on 07/08/2008, -5/+27I got the Colbert bump back in October the night he announced he was putting his name on the ballot for president in South Carolina and held up my bumper sticker design for Colbert/Stewart '08. Massive sales followed. The phenomenon is real.
    http://www.cafepress.com/colbert08hq
  • xeslana, on 07/08/2008, -1/+23He kind of did mention it a couple shows back. He said something like "You can call him, email him, twitter him, whatever that means".
  • wampastompa, on 07/08/2008, -0/+20that's some tasty ice cream.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+19I don't think it will take off.
  • mazza558, on 07/08/2008, -1/+17Or that Firefox on Unreal is so fast it's Linux?
  • filmbandit, on 07/08/2008, -5/+21i'm going to give this one the filmbandit bump.

    which won't have any kind of impact
    and won't garner a digg front page ride,
    but hey, i try . . .
  • kenij, on 07/08/2008, -1/+16No, Linux on Unreal is so fast it's Firefox.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2008, -8/+23FF on Linux is so fast it's unreal.
  • thescimitar, on 07/08/2008, -1/+13Stephen Colbert would probably approve of that characterization.
  • filmbandit, on 07/08/2008, -0/+12that's novel -- is it a better model than my amway distributorship?

    p.s. if you'll add me as a friend i have some amazing products i'd like to share with you

    (amway is for friends)
  • pckbeta, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11Last time I checked, cable is available nationally.
  • thegodfaza, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11It's also on satellite...
  • inactive, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11is that futurespeak for twitter?
  • gh0st3000, on 07/08/2008, -0/+10Maybe if we made them pay for it then we wouldn't have to interrupt it?
  • leerayIG88, on 07/08/2008, -0/+10unreal tournament?
  • picpak, on 07/08/2008, -2/+12If Twitter stays online on a Tuesday afternoon, it might kill it.
  • CrackyJSquirrel, on 07/08/2008, -2/+11Is somebody taking parody comedy too seriously now?
  • ralphie81, on 07/08/2008, -2/+11Except he has more sources than just the Huffington Post.
  • inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8hell no.
  • rhinofinger, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9What's digg.com?
  • Technohamster, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8I think it would annoy people too much to interrupt a television broadcast like that.
  • Rudy165, on 07/08/2008, -3/+11Now let's check the "Digg Bump" and see how long it takes for this graph to be on the Report.
  • Revovisionary, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9I believe it. After watching that show I figured I needed to stop procrastinating and downloaded Firefox 3. Granted I was going to do it anyway. I just decided to do it sooner.
  • trispear, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9Colbert gets bumped? From his nightly spot that is.

    What "truth" is it now? That leprechauns collapsed the towers to get their pots of gold from out underneath them?
  • Jeffler, on 07/08/2008, -0/+7He's from 8:30-9:00...Stewart is 8-8:30. So the 23rd minute is 53.
  • Mononuclear, on 07/08/2008, -2/+9I think it is hilarious when something happens in the world and people on Digg claim it was Digg that did it. "Look at the power of Digg!!" I just sit back and laugh
  • noahgelman, on 07/08/2008, -2/+9He's had a Digg joke in one of his Tonight's Word skits.

    And we do get things done. We colabertively help people get the360's back. Get soilders who throws dogs shamed. etc
  • bagelmaster, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8You do realize his whole show is a joke right?
  • VacantThoughts, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6When I read your post I imagined Liquid-Ocelot saying "BEHOLD the power of DIGG"
  • flavanoid, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6or you only interviewed the people that live under the same mossy rock as you seem to
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