Here Are The Massive Boston Globe Web Traffic Numbers From Yesterday

Web traffic soared on the Boston Globe‘s two websites on Monday after the dual bomb blast went off at the Boston Marathon finish line.

So many eyeballs were glued to its subscription-based BostonGlobe.com, in fact, that the site went down, forcing editors to redirect all URLs to a running live-blog on Boston.com, its ad-supported free site.

Here is a look at some of the numbers, courtesy of a staff memo we obtained from deputy managing editor Bennie DiNardo:

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