Traffic Soars to IRS.Gov

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In yet another example that offline events continue to influence online behavior, a deluge of expectant taxpayers flooded the Internal Revenue Service’s official Web site. The Web surfers were searching for information about their promised tax rebates. The inquiring traffic made IRS.gov the fastest growing domain for at-work and at-home users for the week ending July 22.

According to a new Nielsen NetRatings report, at-work traffic to IRS.gov shot up 188 percent the week of July 16-July 22.

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