Last Friday, country music mourned the passing of perhaps its greatest legend, Johnny Cash. As news spread, fans rushed online to learn the circumstances of his passing, as well as to share memories, condolences and pay personal homage to the country music legend and his family.

Hosted by FatCow Web Hosting, www.JohnnyCash.com , the number one search return for "Johnny Cash" using Google search*, was inundated by fans, generating over 1 million requests an hour. Thousands of new fans registered to use the bulletin boards and many online publications linked to and were referencing the site in news reports. To meet this increased demand, JohnnyCash.com was unavailable for a period Friday morning as FatCow migrated the site from a shared environment to a high-traffic dedicated server.

"FatCow's systems instantly noticed a surge in traffic the morning of Johnny's death," stated Peter Ziesmann, marketing and development director for FatCow. "We immediately moved JohnnyCash.com to a dedicated high-traffic server, as we engaged additional infrastructure to support the increased demands."

The response of Johnny's fans was no surprise to the site's owner, Bill Miller, a dedicated fan and long time friend of Johnny Cash.

"I started out as a fan of Johnny's when I was nine years old, and we became close friends over the years," stated Miller. "As the Internet began to take off, I expressed the need for him to have a presence online, and thus JohnnyCash.com was created. I developed and manage the site, as a 'Labor of Love' to a dear friend."

Since the site's creation in 1996, JohnnyCash.com attracts more than 200,000 visitors a month. The site was re-launched in January of this year, providing a much larger community forum offering, which is now home to over 5,000 active users.

"I don't think anyone could have anticipated the amount of traffic the site would generate after Johnny's death," stated Miller. "FatCow's response was incredible. I couldn't have asked for more dedication and personal attention in making sure the site was and continues to be supported for Johnny's fans everywhere."

About FatCow

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