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The Obama conversation brought Twitter to new highs.

According to Hitwise (see MediaPost Trapped Ashes psp ):

“The market share of traffic to Twitter surpassed that of social news site Digg last week for the first time, according to Hitwise. The micro-blogging service got a big bounce from the US Airways plane crash in the Hudson river, sparking a surge of posts and updates on the situation.

“Twitter also got a boost Tuesday as well from Barack Obama’s inauguration, with hourly tweets about the event up more than 300%, according to online measurement service Trendrr. “

Akamai reports that Obama’s inauguration was the 5th biggest web event ever.