Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Black Friday Wal-Mart special: 404

Opinion
Nov 28, 20061 min

You would think that by now retailers would know enough to supercharge their servers on Black Friday. Not so much for our friends at Wal-Mart. Visitors to WalMart.com last Friday were greeted with “blank pages, delays or other problems. By early afternoon, visitors were simply told to come back later,” reports the AP. Walmart.com spokeswoman Amy Colella blamed a “higher than anticipated traffic surge.” Actually, when you think about it, who would anticipate any traffic surge at WalMart.com? Via My Way News