"Zach Galifianakis is now HealthCare.gov’s biggest traffic driver"

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Zach Galifianakis is now HealthCare.gov’s biggest traffic driver

By Brian Fung at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/11/zach-galifianakis-is-now-healthcare-govs-biggest-traffic-driver/?asdf

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What's driving the explosion in traffic? Obama went on Zach Galifianakis' mock interview show, "Between Two Ferns" — and Obama made a pitch to younger Americans to sign up for insurance.

“I wouldn’t be with you here today if I didn’t have something to plug," Obama said. "Have you heard of the Affordable Care Act?”

The strategy seems to be working.

According to a Julie Bataille, a spokesperson for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 19,000 viewers of the Galifianakis video had continued on to Healthcare.gov as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern. It's unclear, however, just how big of a success story that really is. For instance, as of 5 p.m. Eastern, the "Two Ferns" interview boasted 5.9 million views. We also don't know who the next largest referrer is. I've reached out to a CMS official and I'll update this post with more if and when I hear back.



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1. How did they know that those 19,000 were tied to the video?

I ask not because I don't believe it but more because I find it a little creepy.

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2. because they used the link FROM the site where that video is...

that's how the internet works...they can track everything, so they can know, for example, when you come to Dailykos via a link on say Huffington Post. Therefore they can count how many users came to Dailykos via that link on Huffington post...