Outstanding content mix drives traffic

Yesterday we had 56,398 uniques and 219,017 page views. What is most remarkable, though, is that we had 17 different pieces of content with 1,000 or more page views. We scored thousands of page views with a mix of the latest on power outages, news of the weird, reality TV, entertainment reviews, Mermaid girl, reader submitted photos, spot news and even a sports story.

1. Flash Gallery: December 2008 Ice Storm 28,821

2. Article: Report: UNH's freshman camp canceled due to nudity 22,484

3. Flash Gallery: Dec. Ice storm - reader photos 10,350

4. Article: Many still without power; aid available 3,662

5. Article: Entertain Yes! Portland, Maine, physics teacher wins 'Survivor: Gabon' 3,406

6. Article: Girl with Mermaid syndrome defies the odds 3,221

7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Dec 1-7 3,112

8. Article: Entertain SNL ends 2008 with painful Kanye, wasted Laurie, bye Amy 2,892

9. Flash Gallery: A Night At Portsmouth's Shelter 2,139

10. Article: Unitil: 11,735 without service, making progress 1,917

11. Front: 2008ICESTORM 1,472

12. Article: TV show on Maine 'Mermaid Girl' airs Sunday 1,421

13. Article: Three injured in head-on collision 1,355

14. Article: Update on Unitil, PSNH customers out of power 1,350

15. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,089

16. Article: Seacoast schools announce closings 1,076

17. Article: Sports Former Sox pitcher Bob Stanley coaching in Newington 1,038

18. Article: Hot coffee, cold pizza: A night at the shelter 997

Good day for uniques and pages

Monday, Nov. 24 saw 29,419 unique visitors and 145,115 page views at seacoastonline. There were no blockbusters but instead a steady flow of good stories, photos, emails and text alerts that led to a successful day. Let's keep pushing to see if we can get our daily average over 28,000 for November. Last I checked we were in the 27,000 range.

Top stories:

1. Article: Local 'celebrity' remembered fondly 2,415

2. Article: Teen held on bail for second assault charge 1,861

3. Article: Fatal fire in Dover under investigation 1,685

4. Article: Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children in Maine 1,432
5. Article: Life Early detection of esophagus condition may help prevent progression to cancer 1,239

6. Article: Police: woman abused and neglected pet rabbit 1,188

7. Article: Family of NH mom can't accept manslaughter verdict 1,067

8. Article: Business Unemployment benefits extended, file now 981

9. Article: Dancers try to go all night at 1930s-style marathon 870

10. Article: Portsmouth police log 844

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Fashion Up! Gala 4,711

2. Flash Gallery: Iron Brides in Portsmouth 3,721

3. Flash Gallery: Exeter v BG Div II FB 2008 3,534

4. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. BG Championship 837

5. Flash Gallery: Rye Sagamore Fire 604

6. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra 384

7. Flash Gallery: Peter Pan at PHS 302

8. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 288

9. Article: Photo Zoom: Local 'celebrity' remembered fondly 212

10. Flash Gallery: Annie at Rye Elementary 208

The play's the thing

Thursday, Nov. 20 saw 27,198 and 164,464 page views, a good showing thanks to photo galleries of PHS "Peter Pan (10,527 page views) and Rye Elementary School's production of "Annie" (5,844).

Top 10 stories:

1. Article: Blaze levels Rye building 2,727
2. Article: AG, police won't say why yard was dug up 2,542
3. Article: Police: Second worker stole thousands from York business 2,105
4. Article: Maine mom was 'mule' for drug traffickers, say police 1,666
5. Article: Entertain Was it really 'obvious' McKey would win ‘America’s Next Top Model’? 1,504
6. Article: Foss offers $5,000 reward in illegal dumping 1,230
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 868
8. Article: Repeat offender's fourth DWI charge dismissed 865
9. Article: Teen charged with tossing baby in car seat 777
10. Article: Police: woman jailed for two-year-old bra theft 658

Top 10 photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Peter Pan at PHS 10,527
2. Flash Gallery: Annie at Rye Elementary 5,844
3. Flash Gallery: Rye Sagamore Fire 3,777
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Nov 10-16 2,237
5. Flash Gallery: PMS Spirit Week 2008 903
6. Article: Photo Zoom: Was it really 'obvious' McKey would win ‘America’s Next Top Model’? 376
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 43 303
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 269
9. Flash Gallery: PHS-Souhegan Division III FB 236
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Blaze levels Rye building 209

Web traffic, Nov. 12-18

The week in traffic - Nov. 12 through Nov. 18

Averages for the past seven days (Nov. 12 through 18) are 30,097 daily unique visitors, 137,607 page views. Average uniques peaked at 45,632 on Saturday, and Sunday was stronger than usual at 28,826. A good weekend.

Highlights from the past week include:

Articles:

- Nov. 13: Sex abuse / Exeter asst. principal on leave (3,994 views)
- Nov. 13: Diners, owners love Restaurant Week (2,580)
- Nov. 14: Man driving 102 mph: unaware of speed (2,452)
- Nov. 15-17: Intoxicated agressor resisted arrest (34,724) - Farked
- Nov. 17: Speeding ticket challenger - (2,254)
- Nov. 15: Ex-Ports Police Capt. investigated (2,578)
- Nov. 16-17: Neighbors angry over 'monster' Toyota sign (13,666) - Farked
- Nov. 17: City attorney on trial (2,937)

Photo galleries:

- Nov. 13: Portsmouth signs (1,607 views)
- Nov. 14-15: Celeb Watch 43 (7,722)
- Nov. 15-16: Ports. Mid. Sch. Spirit Week (5,814)
- Nov. 17: PHS/Souhegan football (2,681)

Traffic for Wed. Nov. 12

Wednesday, Nov. 12
26,913 unique visitors
136,661 page views

Articles:

1. 'Dancing with the Stars’: Cody cries for Juliann... 2,437 6.0%
2. Portsmouth police log 1,655 4.0%
3. Man tells police his ex is a prostitute 1,364 3.3%
4. Neighbor charged with hit-and-run 1,119 2.7%
5. Gas price drop reaches milestone on Seacoast 986 2.4%
6. City signs scrutinized 947 2.3%
7. Defeated county treasurer blames college students 851 2.1%
8. Crews still cleaning weekend oil spill in Stratham 722 1.8%
9. Maine man facing movie theater sex crimes 588 1.4%
10. McCain to Jay Leno: Palin isn't to blame 586 1.4%

Galleries:

1. Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 3,425 27.4%
2. Seacoast Veterans Day 2008 3,184 25.4%
3. Portsmouth signs 2,406 19.2%
4. PHS Volleyball - State Champs 409 3.3%
5. Portsmouth's Halloween 324 2.6%
6. Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 234 1.9%
7. Fall photos 203 1.6%
8. Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 146 1.2%
9. Exeter vs. BG Football 127 1.0%
10. PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 112 0.9%

Web traffic for Tue. Nov. 11

Tuesday, Nov. 11
26,064 unique visitors
138,180 page views

Articles:

1. 4 days, 1 birth and 1 wedding 2,291 5.4%
2. Officer nearly 'run over' 2,002 4.7%
3. Entertain Kisses & disses: Thanks for trying to save Jake 1,925 4.5%
4. Local competitor offers take on Circuit City's fall 1,459 3.4%
5. Police: driver fled DWI checkpoint, almost hit officer, left ID b... 1,413 3.3%
6. Higher Hampton home values, taxes raise ire 899 2.1%
7. Entertain 'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Going solo never f... 870 2.0%
8. Portsmouth police log 714 1.7%
9. Sports Boston's Lester to receive Hutch Award for courage 669 1.6%
10. Kittery teen hurt in York crash in stable condition 645 1.5%

Galleries:

1. Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 4,323 36.4%
2. Seacoast Veterans Day 2008 1,103 9.3%
3. Wells-Falmouth Girls Soccer Semi 996 8.4%
4. PHS Volleyball - State Champs 781 6.6%
5. Portsmouth's Halloween 365 3.1%
6. Fall photos 249 2.1%
7. PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 240 2.0%
8. Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 238 2.0%
9. Exeter vs. BG Football 230 1.9%
10. Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 219 1.8%

Great October, slow start in November

Colleagues,

The final October online traffic numbers were excellent with 934,371 unique visitors and 4,430,000 page views. This puts us up 46 percent year over year.

Top 10 stories for the month were:

Wolffish in danger
Frisky moose picks unlikely partner
Photo zoom of frisky moose picks unlikely partner
Portsmouth Police Log
Cocaine traffickers misspelled alias, hid drugs in body cavity
Woman fined for delivering litter to homeless shelter
Police: Woman at store opened wine, drank, fled
Moose ‘loves’ another Ford
Opinion: Letters to the editor
Police: Bust nets 4 pounds of pot, customer list

Top 10 galleries for the month were:

USS New Hampshire arrives
Sarah Palin in Dover
Photos of the Week Oct. 20-26
USS New Hampshire Sub
Plane Crashes into Oce3an
Celeb Watch 40
USS New Hampshire Tour
Darklore Manor
Shades of Autumn
Celeb Watch 42

November is off to a slow start. As of today we are averaging just over 26,000 uniques per day compared to 30,000 in October. I urge you to step up efforts sending any and all interesting items to the web. Stories are good but so are briefs about things like parking bans, parade sign ups and plans for roadwork that will tie up traffic.

Yesterday was typical of our current funk with 26,659 uniques and 140,450 page views.

Top stories were:

1. Article: Maine man killed after apparently lying in road 2,369


2. Article: Local eatery closes its doors 2,360



3. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,655



4. Article: New DWI mobile unit deployed; 480 stopped, 8 arrested 1,573



5. Article: 2 Maine men missing after boat sinks in pond 1,380



6. Article: Seacoast Half Marathon raises $50K for homeless shelter 1,299



7. Article: N.H. brewery to remain open 1,094



8. Article: Police: driver fled DWI checkpoint, almost hit officer, left ID behind 1,018



9. Article: Entertain ‘Twilight’ debate: Team Edward vs. Team Jacob 608



10. Article: Business Hungry? Portsmouth Restaurant Week starts today 544


Top photo galleries were:
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 2,435



2. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 2,133



3. Flash Gallery: PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 1,128



4. Flash Gallery: PHS Volleyball - State Champs 997



5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 893



6. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. BG Football 369



7. Flash Gallery: New England Cross Country 342



8. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth's Halloween 306



9. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Votes 2008 286



10. Flash Gallery: Fall photos 261

We have exceeded 900,000 uniques for the first time

Thursday, Oct. 30, saw 32,609 unique visitors and 149,610 page views

Our monthly average is 30,300. We have already broken the 900,000 unique visitor threshhold for the first time with a full day to go.

Thanks to all for the effort that allowed us to reach this milestone. One million monthly uniques now seems within reach.

Top stories

1. Article: Ghost hunters say local building is haunted 7,684
2. Article: Police: Unconscious driver's truck smashes into pole 2,946
3. Article: Mom: 'I felt like a monster' with toddler 1,898
4. Article: Family blasts police over 91-year-old's arrest 1,347
5. Article: Business Maine-ly New Hampshire has new Portsmouth home 1,147
6. Article: Police: Woman tased, arrested after fight at gas station 1,025
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 813
8. Article: Robinson led retreat for gay Catholic priests 638
9. Article: Prominent N.H. Republican endorses Obama 601
10. Article: Turkey-stalker confronted by police 537

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 20-26 6,918
2. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Girls Soccer 1,537
3. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire Arrives 619
4. Flash Gallery: U.S.S. New Hampshire Sub 538
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Ghost hunters say local building is haunted 427
6. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 42 405
7. Flash Gallery: Exeter Fall Festival 2008 401
8. Flash Gallery: Darklore Manor 371
9. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire tour 309
10. Flash Gallery: PHS Class I Field Hockey 2008 297

On track for best month yet

It appears our daily web traffic reports are transmitting once again and I am happy to report that October is on track to be our best month yet. Andrew says we are averaging more than 30,000 uniques a day, including the lower traffic weekends.

Yesterday Fark picked up two stories; one about a woman who hid drugs in an interesting place and the other a simple press release about a squash growing program at UNH. Beth submitted both of these stories to Fark.

Many readers also were interested in the UNH student who died in a car crash as well as the opening of Christmas Tree Shops.

Top gallery was the USS New Hampshire Submarine.

Total uniques: 41,873 and page views: 171,392


Top stories

1. Article: Police: cocaine traffickers misspelled alias, hid drugs in body cavity 12,128
2. Article: UNH student killed in crash 3,577
3. Article: Squash hybrids grown and served at UNH 3,362
4. Article: Business Christmas Tree Shops now open 2,921
5. Article: Business Christmas Tree Shops opening this week 1,045
6. Article: Mass. man revived, wife jumps from burning NH home 1,015
7. Article: City gets $345K Wi-Fi boost 844
8. Article: She's in the Navy now 815
9. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 754
10. Article: USS New Hampshire sets sail from shipyard 734

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: U.S.S. New Hampshire Sub 8,510
2. Flash Gallery: Exeter Fall Festival 2008 2,641
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 20-26 2,534
4. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire tour 1,639
5. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire Arrives 1,610
6. Flash Gallery: PHS Class I Field Hockey 2008 1,464
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 42 1,117
8. Flash Gallery: Darklore Manor 671
9. Flash Gallery: Fall photos 563
10. Flash Gallery: Making Strides Walk 235

Web traffic: Friday Oct. 3 through Sunday Oct. 5

Friday, Oct. 3 -- 30,756 unique visitors and 148,746 page views
Top stories: Adam's endangered wolffish still enjoyed residual fark traffic, followed by Maine restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips (AP story, no fark, but still lots of local interest). Celeb Watch photo gallery was most popular by a big margain, followed by Scott's creative "Portsmouth in red" gallery, which made good use of his time on a slow news night.

Saturday, Oct. 4 -- 16,853 unique visitors and 84,903 page views
Pot/booze bust was most popular, followed by story on well-known local resident Beth Bennett who died of cancer. Celeb Watch again took top photo gallery spot.

Sunday, Oct. 5 -- 21,789 unique visitors and 91,566 page views
Two of Gina's entertainment stories, both posted Sunday night at after 8 p.m., took the top two spots: Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates and 'Nick and Norah’ review: Well-chewed gum still has flavor left. Photo galleries: Celeb Watch 40 again (who was in it anyway??) and Beth's off-hours gallery on a tattoo fundraiser to pay a vet bill for an injured dog.

Fri. Oct. 3 - Stories:

6,215 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
1,988 - Restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips
1,818 - Police: Man impersonating friend arrested on friend's warrant
1,783 - What will replace Kline's Furniture building?
1,436 - Officials fuming over bomb scare
1,250 - Police: 'Stolen' BMW really fraud
834 - City rules no horses; couple sues
694 - Market Basket OK’d in Stratham
692 - Opinion Letters to the editor
662 - Two injured in Eliot accident

Fri. Oct. 3 - Galleries:

9,449 - Celeb Watch 40
1,430 - Portsmouth In Red
668 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
568 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
447 - USS New Hampshire christening
338 - High school football
265 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
234 - Celeb Watch 39
221 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
207 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21

Sat. Oct. 4 - Stories:

1,962 - Police break up teen booze, marijuana party
1,892 - Beloved cancer awareness champion Beth Bennett Rice dies
1,467 - Hampton man accused of sexually assaulting Winnacunnet s...
1,447 - Restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips
968 - Dispute roils York thrift shop; workers walk off the job
832 - City rules no horses; couple sues
808 - Hampton man charged with sex assault on Winnacunnet stu...
692 - Crews rip up new roadway
670 - Portsmouth police log
536 - Entertain Shopping at a slightly hidden gem in Kittery

Sat. Oct. 4 - Galleries:

2,670 - Celeb Watch 40
816 - Portsmouth In Red
238 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
188 - High school football
171 - Celeb Watch 39
166 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
151 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
123 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
107 - City rules no horses; couple sues
105 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21

Sun. Oct. 5 - Stories:

2,458 - Entertain Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates on...
2,420 - Entertain 'Nick and Norah’ review: Well-chewed gum sti...
952 - Disaster! (Drill): Pease crash scenario involves hundreds
901 - Man arrested after Mayday call
712 - Portsmouth police log
649 - Police break up teen booze, marijuana party
637 - Judge says prison guards can keep $2 million
622 - Maine woman sentenced for Social Security fraud
590 - 1 man dead in N.H. vehicle fire
524 - Dispute roils York thrift shop; workers walk off the job

Sun. Oct. 6 - Galleries:

3,018 - Celeb Watch 40
1,373 - Tattoo fundraiser for dog
594 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
408 - Portsmouth In Red
257 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
239 - High school football
178 - Celeb Watch 39
142 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
126 - Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates...
125 - USS New Hampshire christening

Web traffic for Oct. 1 and 2, 2008

Off to a strong start in October. Wednesday, Oct. 1, saw 28,427 visitors and 150,879 page views, led by Former reality TV contestant accused of insurance fraud and Police raid on UNH frat house.

Thursday, Oct. 2, gave us 65,364 visitors and 187,063 views, thanks to a good farking of Adam's "big fish story" (Wolffish) and Beth's article on a man arrested on his friend's warrant.

Photos of the Week was the most popular gallery on both days.

The numbers:

Wed. Oct.1:

Articles:
1,878 - Former reality TV contestant accused of insurance fraud
1,805 - Police raid on UNH frat house nets 9 students
1,488 - Employee charged with stealing clothes from store
1,476 - Business Aged to perfection: 2 Ceres St. aims for comfort, ...
1,455 - Bar ban policy is suspended
1,428 - Deputy chief's son charged with deserting military
1,179 - Entertain I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'America's ...
1,055 - Portsmouth police log
979 - Police say man had 19 bags of drugs in mouth
914 - U.S. Marshals arrest N.H. fugitive couple in Vermont

Photos galleries:
5,737 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
3,183 - Portsmouth In Red
758 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
441 - High school football
411 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
399 - Celeb Watch 39
287 - USS New Hampshire christening
260 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21
161 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
157 - Launching a Gundalow

Thu. Oct. 2

Articles:
36,918 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
4,236 - Police: Man impersonating friend arrested on friend's warrant
3,855 - Entertain I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'America's ...
3,622 - Police raid on UNH frat house nets 9 students
2,265 - Mother believes daughters were abducted
1,649 - Photo Zoom: Petition: Wolffish in danger
1,247 - Traip evacuated
1,135 - 18-year-old faces second-degree assault charge
1,007 - Portsmouth police log
730 - Sirens to sound throughout Seacoast

Photo galleries:
3,233 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
2,723 - Celeb Watch 40
1,981 - Portsmouth In Red
1,649 - Photo Zoom: Petition: Wolffish in danger
464 - Celeb Watch 39
359 - USS New Hampshire christening
345 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
331 - High school football
307 - I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'Americ...
277 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21

Solid traffic Sunday and Monday

Sunday and Monday had 28,870 and 28,915 respectively.

The Sunday traffic was due to a Fark pickup of "Trooper nodded off before hitting 2 bicyclists," while the Monday traffic appeared to be almost all local.

Top story Monday was Karen's look at whether the city's proposed bar ban plan is legal. Karen also deservs kudos for promoting Anne Mozingo's Sarah Palin blog on the parenting site that now has more than 70 comments on it.

Top photo gallery was Portsmouth Criterium.

Our average month to date is 27,461. If you exclude the one day our traffic tanked because of technical difficulties we are over our 28,000 daily goal.

As we enter the last quarter of this year let's all be thinking of ways to grow traffic another 30 percent in 2009.

Top stories, Monday, Sept. 22

1. Article: Is black list at Portsmouth bars legal? 2,835
2. Article: Trooper nodded off before hitting 2 bicyclists 2,371
3. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,175
4. Article: Rochester teen dies in crash 1,494
5. Article: School super alerts parents to pink meth concerns 1,256
6. Article: Criterium cyclists take over city 1,190
7. Article: Bid on a bridge 1,097
8. Article: Caregiver accused of stealing resident's meds 917
9. Article: Food Network visits Clam Shack 680
10. Article: Business Smuttynose's Shoals Pale Ale named best in U.S. 670

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Criterium 2008 2,344
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21 2,018
3. Flash Gallery: Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft 1,133
4. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 1,107
5. Flash Gallery: High school football 686
6. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet vs. Dover Football 649
7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sept. 8-14 477
8. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 38 388
9. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 222
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Criterium cyclists take over city 208

41,310 uniques

Very nice traffic yesterday with 41,310 uniques and 157,753 page views.

Top stories were the alleged drunk driver who crashed into a Portsmouth living room and the bars joining together to ban bad drunks.

Top gallery was Wings of Freedom followed by Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport.

Top stories:

1. Article: Police: drunk driver crashed into cars, landed in living room 16,464
2. Article: Bars get tough: Thrown out of one; banned from 15 2,280
3. Article: Man pleads not guilty to lewdness, exposure 1,591
4. Article: GMA 'Whistle Stop' Tour will stop in Exeter 1,493
5. Article: Car smashes into living room 1,454
6. Article: Baby sitter not guilty in Maine manslaughter trial 1,047
7. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 1,009
8. Article: Entertain 'America's Got Talent' recap: Eli Mattson, you have my vote 929
9. Article: Driver charged with DWI after car crashes into rock pile 839
10. Article: Suspended sentence for firefighter 659

Top gallery

1. Flash Gallery: Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft 2,508
2. Flash Gallery: Hidden Pond, Kennebunkport 1,245
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 599
4. Article: Photo Zoom: Police: drunk driver crashed into cars, landed in living room 599
5. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 598
6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sept. 8-14 593
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 38 241 8. Article: Photo Zoom: Bars get tough: Thrown out of one; banned from 15 236
9. Flash Gallery: High school football 230
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 159

Wings of Freedom overtake Beachcomber

Tuesday, Sept. 16 a solid day with 30,062 uniques and 162,025 page views.

Top stories were Scattagories cop call and Kisses and Disses. Rich's Wings of Freedom overtook Beachcomber 2008 as top gallery.

Top stories

1. Article: Spat over Scattergories prompts police call 3,854
2. Article: Life Kisses and disses: Couple drove from Hooksett to Portsmouth to help me. Thanks 1,796
3. Article: Police seek resident wanted for questioning 1,610
4. Article: Rape suspect fails to show 1,425
5. Article: Last-call brawl ends in arrest after chase 1,380
6. Article: Man allegedly assaults, spits on officers 1,266
7. Article: Beating of pedicab passengers brings fine 1,031
8. Article: Teen plans concert, bench in memory of classmate 935
9. Article: Entertain Dan wins 'Big Brother' 10 by unanimous vote 818
10. Article: Driver in fatal I-95 crash may have fallen asleep 744

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft 7,256
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sept. 8-14 5,613
3. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 1,019
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 410
5. Flash Gallery: Jackson Hill Cider Day 315
6. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 38 287
7. Flash Gallery: Center for Wildlife open house 154
8. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 151
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 138
10. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Volleyball 118

Spat over Scattergories drives big traffic

Good traffic on Monday, Sept. 15 with 32,165 uniques and 170,468 page views.

Top stories were "Spat over Scattergories prompts police call," "I-95 crash leaves one dead," and "New Four restaurant aims for local crowd." Gina's review of Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live also did well. Top gallery was, you guessed it, Beachcomber 2008.

Daily average, subtracting one day where technical trouble had site down half the day: 28,714 so September is off to a strong start.

Top stories yesterday were:

1. Article: Spat over Scattergories prompts police call 5,919
2. Article: I-95 crash leaves one dead, one injured 3,606
3. Article: Business New Four restaurant aims for the local crowd 2,792
4. Article: Entertain SNL review: Fey and Poehler break comedy glass ceiling (while Phelps drowns) 2,270
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,036
6. Article: Former Portsmouth man wins $10K in dance contest 1,922
7. Article: Seabrook store must pay $3.6M 954
8. Article: Autopsy planned on man found dead after party 951
9. Article: Perfume spill sends kids to hospital 908
10. Article: Bike race canceled; business owners dispute impact on York Beach 791

Top photo galleries:

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 16,513
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sept. 8-14 3,454
3. Flash Gallery: Wings of Freedom WWII Aircraft 1,155
4. Flash Gallery: Jackson Hill Cider Day 476
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 320
6. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Concord Boys Soccer 282
7. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 210
8. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 38 203
9. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 133
10. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Volleyball 127

Bistro closing is top story

Wednesday, Sept. 10 was a below-average day with 26,241 unique visitors and 180,810 page views.

Laura Dolce did a great job breaking news between print cycles with the story about the Bistro closing in Kennebunk and this wound up being our top story.

Best of Beachcomber gallery still generating nearly 30,000 page views.


Top stories

1. Article: Bistro to close following months of neighbors' concerns 2,921
2. Article: Police charge woman with shoplifting soda 2,303
3. Article: Police: Man flees 'like a gazelle' after domestic dispute 1,585
4. Article: Victim's daughter testifies in capital murder case 1,572
5. Article: Judge sets high bail for ex-teacher's 'drug related thefts' 1,267 6. Article: Maine store's ape found in Vermont 1,114 7. Article: Portsmouth police log 937
8. Article: Teen head-butts cruiser, ordered to pay for dent repair 751
9. Article: Police seize 104 pot plants at Kensington home 662
10. Article: Reduction of power station energizes neighbors 586

Top Photo Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 29,891
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 678
3. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 552
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Nashua South Football 360
5. Flash Gallery: EHS vs. Pinkerton Field Hockey 351
6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 317
7. Flash Gallery: Center for Wildlife open house 154
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 18-24 144 9. Flash Gallery: Caring for Elite Equine Athletes 144
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 136

Good news stories drive traffic

Tuesday, Sept. 9 was solid with 32,501 uniques and 217,813 page views.

Nice to see top two stories were good news: found engagement ring (4,249) and found ape (3,719).

Best of Beachcomber photo gallery continues to be good news with 41,648 page views.

Top Stories:

1. Article: Lost and found: Engagement ring returned 4,249
2. Article: Maine store's ape found in Vermont 3,719
3. Article: Millionaire murder trial: Evidence allegedly left in New Castle 2,760
4. Article: Former USCG member arraigned 1,829
5. Article: Hornets found locally in giant nest may be of 'very aggressive' variety 1,485
6. Article: Affidavit: Roommate told burglary suspects where to find cash at diner 940
7. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Did you enjoy reading that article while you cut me off? 790
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 741
9. Article: Granite Ghost ale nixed by feds 731
10. Article: N.H. woman dies after being struck by car 611

Top Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 41,648
2. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 1,993
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 1,627
4. Flash Gallery: EHS vs. Pinkerton Field Hockey 1,075
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 458
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 334
7. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 217
8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 211
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 189
10. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Nashua South Football 185

VMAs are top story

Monday Sept. 8 brought 29,455 uniques and a whopping 225,582 page views thanks to the Best of the Beachcomber photo gallery that accounted for 55,252 page views.

TV writer Amanda Hamilton (a former intern now receiving assignments from Gina Carbone) provided the top story yesterday with her review of the MTV video music awards.

A number of our e-mail lists are about to reach milestones: Our breaking news e-mail is about to hit 500 subscribers while the Exeter News Letter and York County Coast Star are continuing their quest to reach 1,000 subscribers each. The News-Letter has 968 subscribers while the Coast Star has 962.

Top stories for Sept. 8

1. Article: Entertain VMAs recap: Welcome back, Britney. Now get out, Russell Brand 2,885
2. Article: Butt-free: N.H. restaurateurs say smoking ban has created new problems 1,584
3. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,541
4. Article: Police say armed man robbed city restaurant 1,330
5. Article: Hospital security guard shot to death in Maine 1,218 6. Article: Local kids land N.H. name for submarine 1,141 7. Article: Granite Ghost ale nixed by feds 1,100% 8. Article: Lost and found: Engagement ring returned 923
9. Article: Portsmouth police Log 892
10. Article: Fire department responds to 'surfers in distress' 839

Top photo galleries for Sept. 8

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 55,252
2. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 3,333
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Sep 1-7 1,160
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Nashua South Football 811 5. Flash Gallery: Center for Wildlife open house 568 6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 446% 7. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 359 8. Flash Gallery: Labor Day Weekend 304
9. Flash Gallery: Caring for Elite Equine Athletes 245
10. Flash Gallery: EHS vs. Pinkerton Field Hockey 185

Best of Beachcomber nets 60,000 page views Saturday

Good traffic Friday, Sept. 5 with 29,478 uniques and 159,871 page views.

Saturday's uniques were down to 19,703 but page views were up at 171,871 thanks to the best of Hampton Beachcomber 2008 photo gallery which had nearly 60,000 page views and the Jumper Classic gallery that had 10,000 page views.

The site was down for half the day Sunday so that day's traffic isn't worth talking about.

Here are the top stories and galleries for Friday and Saturday.

Top stories Friday, Sept. 5

1. Article: 5 reprimanded for using Taser during party 5,623
2. Article: Affidavit: Man fatally stabbed after refusing offer of cash fororal sex 2,475
3. Article: Details emerge in York killing 1,938
4. Article: York teen accused of drunk driving, striking pedestrians inOgunquit 1,658
5. Article: Man found in Rollinsford river identified 1,148
6. Article: Entertain First transgender contestant a bullied bombshell on‘America’s Next Top Model' 1,010
7. Article: Seafood Festival kicks off today 743
8. Article: Opinion Letters to the editor 739
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 699
10. Article: Hurricane Hanna expected to do damage along I-95 681

Top photo galleries Friday, Sept. 5

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 5,049
2. Flash Gallery: Caring for Elite Equine Athletes 3,593
3. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 1,053 4. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 1,025
5. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 779 6. Article: Photo Zoom: First transgender contestant a bullied bombshell on‘America’s Next Top Model' 547
7. Flash Gallery: Opening Day of Football Practice 441
8. Flash Gallery: Labor Day Weekend 405
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 354
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 275

Top stories Saturday, Sept. 6:

1. Article: Seven arrested at latest DWI roadblock; 260 stopped 2,528
2. Article: $100K fire breaks out during York family dinner 2,220
3. Article: 5 reprimanded for using Taser during party 1,262
4. Article: Maine drowning victim identified 828
5. Article: Smuttynose owner goes bald to fight cancer 630
6. Article: NH babysitter car crash sentence shortened 582
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 539
8. Article: Sports Portsmouth football rolls to 35-6 win in opener 461
9. Article: NH man gets extended term for threatening judge 434 10. Article: Entertain 'Twilight' fans out for blood after 'Midnight Sun' leakputs book on hold

Top Galleries Saturday, Sept. 6

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 59,390
2. Flash Gallery: Jumper Classic 10,133
3. Flash Gallery: Caring for Elite Equine Athletes 1,217
4. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 316
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 303
6. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 259
7. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Jr. Football Jamboree 201
8. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 167
9. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 151
10. Flash Gallery: Labor Day Weekend 118

31,028 uniques

Solid day Wednesday, Sept. 3 with 31,028 uniques and 166,134 page views. I didn't get my usual traffic report so I just pulled the top 10 content items from Omniture.

Photos of the week continue to kick butt with 6,769 page views. Top story was about an 8-foot mechanical ape stolen from Maine store. For more details see http://seacoastonlinenews.blogspot.com

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 6,769
2. Article: 8-foot mechanical ape stolen from Maine store 3,925
3. Article: York man charged in murder 2,557
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. BG Boys Soccer 2,278
5. Article: Man ditches burning pants, leaves scene in York 1,554
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 1,262
7. Article: Decomposing body found in Salmon Falls River 1,249
8. Article: Body found in river 1,151 9. Article: Entertain 90210-dear, is this really all you have? Yawn 1,029
10. Article: York man arraigned on murder charge 819

Breaking news top 10

Tuesday, Sept. 2 was a strong day with 30,529 uniques and 188,489 page views.
Top stories were "Two restaurants face alcohol penalties" (3,542) and "York man charged with murder." (2,464).


Top gallery was "Photos of the Week Aug 25-31" (12,156)

Click here to check out the excellent photo sales page Andrew Moore designed to boost our photo reprints. Now Maribeth Girard will step up marketing efforts on photo reprints.

Thanks to all who participated in the breaking news incentive program.

Top 10 breakers of news between print cycles were:

1. Christine French: 159 (bus routes, tons of community news and parenting).
2. Beth Dinan: 88 (cops, courts and odd news)
3. Shir Haberman: 80 (Business, Kittery, Politics)
4. Gina Carbone: 57 (arts, entertainment, movie reviews and reality television)
5. Michael McCord: 57 (posts to political blog and Election 2008 page)
6. Adam Leech: 54 (Portsmouth news)
7. Ed Flaherty: 50 (Sports)
8. Karen Dandurant: 48 (Town and general assignment news)
9. Frank Coppola: 45 (Sports blog, breaking sports news)
10. Jim Kanak: 32 (Our top weekly reporter breaking news out of Wells and other Coast Star communities ... and Herb Hoffman).

Sept. 2 top stories:

1. Article: Two restaurants face alcohol penalties 3,542
2. Article: York man charged with murder 2,464
3. Article: More women report rapes in online dating scam 2,369
4. Article: NH woman killed in head-on crash 2,290
5. Article: Tourists receive farewell fanfare at York tolls 2,197
6. Article: Police stop suicide attempt on city bridge 1,987
7. Article: Police interviewing 'person of interest' in York death 1,212
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,145
9. Article: Fire damages home; dog rescued 1,058
10. Article: 'Staycationers' salvage season 975

Sept. 2 top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 12,156
2. Flash Gallery: Labor Day Weekend 4,526
3. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 2,228
4. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 742
5. Flash Gallery: Aboard the Friendship 639
6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 18-24 598
7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 421
8. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Jr. Football Jamboree 398
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 390
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 370

Turn in your breaking news incentive sheets

We finished August 861,755 unique visitors, an increase of 29 percent year over year. Our daily average was 27,798.

September got off to a slow start with the Labor Day holiday with just 19,066 uniques on Sept. 1. Let's really focus on breaking news today and get our numbers back on track.

Please remember to turn in your breaking news incentive sheets to me so that I can pay your bonus money. Bonuses will be in your Sept. 17 paycheck. Once all the sheets are in I'll share a tally of how we did compared to last month.

For those of you who haven't heard, Ottaway's online audience development leader Sean Polay has returned to the company and will hold his first conference call with online editors today. Editor and Publisher reported in July that Ottaway has the fastest growing web audience in the country: Click here to see story Sean gets the lion's share of the credit for what our newsrooms are doing online and it will be good to have him as a partner as we look to continue growing audience in the months ahead.

Not many highlights in yesterday's numbers: Beachcomber #7 photo gallery continues to do well but other than that a slow day all around.

Top stories:

1. Article: Police stop suicide attempt on city bridge 1,996
2. Article: Crash sends four to hospital 1,855
3. Article: NH woman killed in head-on crash 1,713
4. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,621
5. Article: Local man arrested after high-speed chase 1,021
6. Article: Entertain Angry fans put 'Mad Men' in dog house forabandoned Chauncey 812
7. Article: N.H. drivers with E-ZPass violations get pass 720
8. Article: Entertain 'Twilight' fans out for blood after 'Midnight Sun' leakputs book on hold 612 9. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 474
10. Article: Tourists receive farewell fanfare at York tolls 468

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Best of Beachcomber 7 7,831
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 25-31 5,616
3. Flash Gallery: Labor Day Weekend 2,032
4. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 1,512
5. Flash Gallery: Aboard the Friendship 1,401
6. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Jr. Football Jamboree 1,041
7. Flash Gallery: Ship Tours Portsmouth 2008 486
8. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beach Idol 2008 466
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 428
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 291

46,478 uniques, 191,145 page views

We had our best day of the month yesterday with 46,478 uniques and 191,145 page views.

Max Rome's ongoing legal troubles and the baseball card addict were both Farked, plus all the spot news car accidents made for a very strong day.

Look today for Andrew's new and improved online Pictopia photo sales page.

Top stories:

1. Article: Postal worker sentenced for theft of mailed baseball card 8,949
2. Article: Hammer assault suspect's $100K cash bail may be forfeited 7,963
3. Article: 'Addicted' postal worker stole rare baseball card from mail 4,817
4. Article: Driver killed in head-on crash with tractor-trailer 4,692
5. Article: Police identify driver killed in head-on crash 3,719
6. Article: Driver killed in early morning crash identified 2,290
7. Article: Rush hour rollover snarls traffic on Woodbury Ave. 2,243
8. Article: Barr reaches 11 percent in state poll 1,639
9. Article: Driver killed after head-on crash with tractor-trailer in NorthHampton 1,454
10. Article: Kittery man takes issue with town fee for painting his house 1,239

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beach Idol 2008 1,886
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 18-24 1,171
3. Flash Gallery: Readers' severe storm photos 1,130
4. Article: Photo Zoom: Driver killed in head-on crash with tractor-trailer 1,070
5. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 37 712
6. Article: Photo Zoom: America’s Got Talent: Derrick Barry is a hotter Britney than Britney 552
7. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 535
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 11-17 420
9. Flash Gallery: Maine Photos of the Week 8/21-28 412
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 226

Baseball card 'addict' pleads guilty

Strong day Tuesday, Aug. 26 with 31,647 uniques and 173,527 page views.

This puts us right on budget for the month with an average of 28,040 uniques per day through Aug. 26. We have five days to go, including a Saturday and Sunday, which tend to be low-traffic days, so we'll have to keep pushing to make our goal.

Keep the breaking news coming. The effort has been fantastic. Andrew Moore noted that both Dan King and Emily Quirk have really kicked it up a notch this month. Thanks Dan and Emily!

Top stories yesterday were the baseball card thief and the Route 4 fatal.

Top photo gallery was Hampton Beach idol.

1. Article: Postal worker sentenced for theft of mailed baseball card 4,053
2. Article: Driver killed in early morning crash identified 2,786
3. Article: Police: Woman shops, takes man to hotel on boyfriend's creditcard 2,600
4. Article: Mother charged with breaking 1-year-old's legs 2,211
5. Article: Bloodied EMT charged 1,844
6. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Don't let your dogs run wild onPeirce Island 1,629
7. Article: Child rape suspect turns himself in 1,405
8. Article: Driver killed in early morning crash 1,158
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,044
10. Article: Crash damages airport hangar; EMT charged with felony 919

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beach Idol 2008 3,119
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 18-24 1,854
3. Flash Gallery: Buddhist Monk Sandpainting 1,010
4. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 636
5. Flash Gallery: Miss Junior Seabrook pageant '08 579
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 535 7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 11-17 482 8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 400
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 382
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 356

Cheating girlfriend still top story

Sorry for the brief hiatus in our online traffic reports.

Through Aug. 25 we have 694,091 unique visitors for an average of 27,763 daily uniques. Our goal is to finish the month with an average of 28,000.

We got a nice bump on Friday and Saturday from Fark pickups. At one point we had four stories on the Fark home page.

Top story yesterday? "Woman shops, takes man to hotel on boyfriend's creditcard"

Top stories Aug. 25

1. Article: Police: Woman shops, takes man to hotel on boyfriend's creditcard 3,054
2. Article: Firefighter charged with felony after truck found crashedthrough Pease hangar 2,236
3. Article: Hampton Beach has a new 'Idol' 1,558
4. Article: Bikers cautioned after several weekend crashes 1,403
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,368
6. Article: Business Pepperoni pizza Hot Pockets recalled 1,342
7. Article: Mother charged with breaking 1-year-old's legs 1,306
8. Article: Sports Patriots, Belichick have unfinished business 831
9. Article: Witness says officer in crash was speeding 726
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Firefighter charged with felony after truck foundcrashed through Pease hangar 720

Top photo galleries Aug. 25

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 18-24 5,901
2. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beach Idol 2008 5,662 3. Flash Gallery: Tall Ships Arrive in Portsmouth 1,651 4. Flash Gallery: Wounded Warriors Surf Hampton 1,022
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 11-17 749 6. Article: Photo Zoom: Firefighter charged with felony after truck foundcrashed through Pease hangar 720 7. Flash Gallery: Buddhist Monk Sandpainting 543
8. Flash Gallery: Miss Junior Seabrook pageant '08 425
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 369
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 349

44,212 uniques!

Wednesday, Aug. 13 was very strong with 44,212 uniques and 182,123 page views.

Top stories were, "Assault suspect re-arrested following no-contact order" (Farked: 21,228) and "One intersection, one day, 3 crashes" (3,900: a reminder that spot news is still king).

Top gallery was Gina and company's 24-hours in Portsmouth with 5,466 page views.

Top stories:

1. Article: Assault suspect re-arrested following no-contact order 21,228
2. Article: One intersection, one day, 3 crashes 3,900
3. Article: Eliot resident arrested on domestic assault charge 2,755
4. Article: Body of N.H. man found in Piscataquog River 2,397
5. Article: Police search for child rapist who counseled Seacoast youths 1,924
6. Article: Man accused of assaulting pregnant woman 1,874
7. Article: Ex-fire engineer: Firefighters to blame for total loss of home 1,479 8. Article: Wells woman killed in crash 1,354
9. Article: Ex-fire engineer: Firefighters to blame for loss of home 1,281
10. Article: Business Second hand is first rate at downtown shop 963

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: 24 hours in Portsmouth 5,466
2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 36 4,347
3. Flash Gallery: 2008 Olympics2 1,141
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 4 -10 870
5. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 557
6. Flash Gallery: 2008 Lions Baby Seabrook Pageant 554
7. Flash Gallery: 2008 Olympics1 543
8. Flash Gallery: 2008 Olympics3 403
9. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 365
10. Flash Gallery: Lifesaving Championships 361

Break news early and often

A very weak day Monday, Aug. 11 with just 24,957 uniques and 161,782 page views.

Let's step up our breaking news efforts and get back on track. Remember, the breaking news incentive program runs all month.

Top stories:

1. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,497
2. Article: Foreclosure auction looms for Stone Church 1,627
3. Article: Deaf students protest end of PHS program 1,537
4. Article: Fines, loss of license ordered for driver nabbed in DWI patrol 1,350
5. Article: Business Pan Am's forced departure will cost the PDA 1,227
6. Article: Dip in demand for lobster pushing prices down 1,148
7. Article: Peirce family backs use of land for middle school 903
8. Article: Two killed in accident weren't wearing seat belts 900
9. Article: Buffalo join livestock at Rye farm 695
10. Article: Business Wet weather brings tourism down 560

Top galleries:

1. Flash Gallery: 2008 Olympics1 11,129
2. Flash Gallery: 24 hours in Portsmouth 8,752
3. Flash Gallery: Lifesaving Championships 2,577
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Aug 4 -10 2,321
5. Flash Gallery: 2008 Olympics - Opening Ceremony 1,658
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 819 7. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 6 560
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 28-Aug 3 413
9. Article: Seacoast area primed for flash flooding 332
10. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 320

Tom Brady, toilet seats and Bay Watch in Ogunquit

We had strong traffic Thursday with 31,611 uniques and 179,314 page views
Top stories were "Brady says God doesn't value him as a quarterback" (thank you Adam for submitting this to Fark), the investigation of the Portsmouth police captain and "Firefighters remove stuck toilet seat from child's head."

Top photo gallery was Don's Bay Watch-style Lifesaving Championship from Ogunquit.

Top stories

1. Article: Brady says God doesn't value him as a quarterback 4,016
2. Article: Firefighters remove stuck toilet seat from child's head 3,771
3. Article: Police captain was under investigation when he resigned 2,747
4. Article: Portsmouth police captain was under investigation when heresigned 2,223
5. Article: Seabrook bar fight death now ruled homicide 2,175
6. Article: Smuttynose gains approval in Hampton for brewery, restaurant 1,590
7. Article: Portsmouth police nab Maine domestic abuse fugitive on hisbike 1,470
8. Article: Police nab domestic abuse fugitive 1,039
9. Article: Police: Senior citizen arrested after crack found in car 1,014
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 942

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Lifesaving Championships 3,512
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 28-Aug 3 2,358
3. Flash Gallery: 24 hours in Portsmouth 1,993
4. Flash Gallery: Girls Let's Play Hockey 1,734
5. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 1,073
6. Flash Gallery: Kingston Days 2008 657
7. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 653
8. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 6 579
9. Flash Gallery: Civil War Life at Fort McClary 354
10. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 345

Something for everyone

Wednesday, Aug. 6

31,552 uniques and 184,825 page views: Top stories include crack smoking 67-year-old, 2-year-old girl who got toilet seat stuck on her head and a local American Idol hopeful. Something for everyone.

Top stories

1. Article: Police: Senior citizen arrested after crack found in car 6,668
2. Article: Seabrook man charged with statutory rape 3,487
3. Article: Firefighters remove stuck toilet seat from child's head 2,947
4. Article: New Castle teen to audition for 'American Idol' 2,625
5. Article: Man dies after jumping from Memorial Bridge 2,102
6. Article: Dover man struck by car killed, while lying in road 2,035
7. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Mean man made 5-y.o. girl cry atplayground 1,485
8. Article: Brady says God doesn't value him as a quarterback 1,372
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 972
10. Article: Police seek man in cinema assault 911

Top photos

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 28-Aug 3 3,917
2. Flash Gallery: Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl 1,977 3. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 1,387
4. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 6 1,374
5. Flash Gallery: Kingston Days 2008 1,077
6. Flash Gallery: 24 hours in Portsmouth 1,004
7. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 922
8. Flash Gallery: Civil War Life at Fort McClary 593
9. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 580
10. Flash Gallery: Girls Let's Play Hockey 436

Kisses for Kisses and Disses

We fell back to earth yesterday with 27,153 uniques and 176,047 page views.
Kisses and Disses was our top local story and photos of the week the top gallery.
Of note: All of our top 10 stories had more than 1,000 page views.

Top stories

1. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Mean man made 5-y.o. girl cry atplayground 2,057
2. Article: Man dies after jumping from Memorial Bridge 1,928
3. Article: Police: Mom threatened to kill her own baby 1,782
4. Article: Assault suspect charged following fatal bar fight 1,781
5. Article: Police: Bouncer bitten in bar brawl 1,754
6. Article: Seabrook man faces assault charges following fatal bar fight 1,733
7. Article: Dover man struck by car killed, while lying in road 1,679
8. Article: Web site offers registration for USS New Hampshire submarinecommissioning 1,273
9. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Mean man made 5-year-old girlcry at Short Sands playground 1,031
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,030

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 28-Aug 3 5,980
2. Flash Gallery: York Days 2008 1,686 3. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 1,585
4. Flash Gallery: Bush Visit & Protest 1,112
5. Flash Gallery: Kingston Days 2008 1,087
6. Flash Gallery: Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl 710
7. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 6 652
8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #6 623
9. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 525
10. Flash Gallery: EHS Prom 2008 493

38,326 uniques, 187,530 page views

Monday, Aug. 5 was another great day with 38,326 uniques and 187,530 page views. Four of our top stories cleared the 3,000 page view threshold.
A simple press release about a new website for the USS New Hampshire earned more than 2,000 page, a reminder to post all interesting content and not just bylined stories.

Top stories

1. Article: 'Unmerciful crack' as elm falls over 10,901
2. Article: Man dies after jumping from Memorial Bridge 3,379
3. Article: Where brothel once stood, waterfront townhomes auctioned off 3,172
4. Article: Suspect pleads not guilty after assault victim dies 3,036
5. Article: Argument at NH restaurant leads to arrest 2,392
6. Article: Web site offers registration for USS New Hampshire submarinecommissioning 2,024
7. Article: Kittery woman holds birthday party/family reunion for her dog 1,787
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,515
9. Article: Man talked off Maine span 1,487
10. Article: Changing 1 person at a time 822

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 28-Aug 3 6,182
2. Flash Gallery: York Days 2008 2,393
3. Flash Gallery: Kingston Days 2008 1,401 4. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 1,246 5. Flash Gallery: Civil War Life at Fort McClary 1,244
6. Flash Gallery: A Tree Falls in Portsmouth 1,059
7. Flash Gallery: Bush Visit & Protest 985
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 864 9. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 839
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 602

47,311 uniques, thank you Fark

Wild traffic Sunday with 47,311 uniques and 144,635 page views thanks to one of our readers submitting Adam's story 'Unmerciful crack' as elm falls over to Fark.

1. Article: 'Unmerciful crack' as elm falls over 29,399
2. Article: Man dies after jumping from Memorial Bridge 3,843
3. Article: Argument at NH restaurant leads to arrest 2,207 4. Article: Landmark for sale? 1,274
5. Article: Here come the seaside brides 1,245
6. Article: Photo Zoom: 'Unmerciful crack' as elm falls over 1,187
7. Article: NH man charged with attempted murder 1,181
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 798
9. Article: Man talked off Maine span 749
10. Article: Business Local couple takes work force housing personally 702


1. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 2,803
2. Flash Gallery: Civil War Life at Fort McClary 2,548
3. Flash Gallery: Bush Visit & Protest 1,559
4. Article: Photo Zoom: 'Unmerciful crack' as elm falls over 1,187
5. Flash Gallery: A Tree Falls in Portsmouth 1,123
6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 947
7. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 872
8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 503
9. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 496
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 453

Best month of 2008

July ended strong with 37,004 uniques and 178,742 page views thanks again to Adam's story on the 90-year-old woman and Andrew's initiative to send a wire story to Fark.

Kudos also to Frank Coppola whose story on the Manny Ramirez trade got more than 2,200 page views.

July was our most successful month this year with a total of 879,597 unique visitors for an average of 28,374 per day. This is a 31 percent increase over last year's July numbers.

Remember that our breaking news incentive began today and will run the entire month of August.


July 31 top stories
1. Article: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 8,141
2. Article: Speeding duo clocked at 108 mph re-arrested on plane 5,885
3. Article: Dad says landlord cheated son serving in Kuwait 2,702 %
4. Article: Ladder in roadway causes rush hour rollover 2,526
5. Article: Report: Ramirez to Marlins, Bay to Red Sox in blockbuster 2,203
6. Article: Tornado victim who saved baby mourned 1,565
7. Article: Moose runs through local neighborhood 1,392
8. Article: Trooper clocks car at 108 mph on I-95 1,258
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 980
10. Article: Photo Zoom: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 767

July 31 Top Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 3,962
2. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 3,000
3. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 2,445
4. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 2,313
5. Article: Photo Zoom: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 767
6. Article: Flashing lights ask drivers to make some room 749
7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 448
8. Flash Gallery: Severe storms hit NH 438 %
9. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 435
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Tornado victim who saved baby mourned 286

51,317 uniques, thanks Adam.

Uniques 51,317 and page views 197,394
Great numbers yesterday thanks to Adam's story "She won't budge" about the 90-year-old woman standing in the way of development on the old Yoken's land.

First, Adam went, knocked on her door and got the story.

Then Don got a great photo with the woman's shotgun in the background.

Finally, Adam submitted the story to Fark whose readers had a thoughtful (and of course funny) debate about the story.

The result 32,137 uniques for that story alone. The photo zoom with the story brought in another 3,300.

It's these types of individual extra efforts that really make a difference.

Top stories

1. Article: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 32,137
2. Article: Photo Zoom: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 3,398
3. Article: Man warns of city parking trap 2,820
4. Article: Entertain 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' trailer debuts,shows young Tom Riddle 2,183
5. Article: Trooper clocks car at 108 mph on I-95 1,913
6. Article: End of an era in Rye 1,637
7. Article: Woman reports missing money during palm reading 1,551
8. Article: Memorial service set for woman killed in tornado 1,094
9. Article: Father fights to recover security deposit for son serving inKuwait 920 10. Article: Portsmouth police log 896

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 5,392
2. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 4,358
3. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 3,769
4. Article: Photo Zoom: 90-year-old won't sell home to corporate giants 3,398
5. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 3,181 6. Flash Gallery: Severe storms hit NH 696 7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 460
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 14-20 410
9. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Road Race 377
10. Flash Gallery: Readers' severe storm photos 336

Kisses for kisses and disses

Traffic Tuesday, July 29
Uniques, 25,939, page views 179,146

Top stories

1. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses: Hampton man saved a woman'slife at Fresh City 2,691
2. Article: Infant's dad says stepmom held baby as house crumbled intornado 2,630
3. Article: Police captain resigns 2,517%
4. Article: Report: Children left mother's body to rot 1,667
5. Article: Well-known police captain leaves job 1,573
6. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,195
7. Article: Hampton police investigate motor vehicle accidents 1,074
8. Article: Business Elle names Solari one of top 52 style-setters in thecountry 1,010
9. Article: Man stops in Portsmouth for a burrito, returns to a $250 fine 802
10. Article: Woman reports missing money during palm reading 567

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 8,963
2. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 7,400
3. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 6,639
4. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 4,330
5. Flash Gallery: Severe storms hit NH 868
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 617
7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 572
8. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Road Race 566
9. Flash Gallery: 41st Annual Stratham Fair opens 442
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 419

Miss Hampton Beach drives traffic

Web traffic Monday, July 28
Uniques 27,580, page views 209,917

Top stories

1. Article: 2008 Miss Hampton Beach is crowned 2,622
2. Article: Report: Children left mother's body to rot 2,327
3. Article: Raymond woman dies in Route 4 motorcycle crash 1,842
4. Article: Opinion Speedos are a sign of economic trouble 1,775
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,580
6. Article: Amber Alert for Boston girl canceled 1,572
7. Article: Police: Woman peddled pills in public housing 1,058
8. Article: Three charged after courtroom brawl 1,049 9. Article: Business Local family company attributes success to greatmarketing 931
10. Article: Man dies; N.H. trooper shot 713

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 34,004
2. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Weekend 2008 8,212
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 21-27 7,036
4. Flash Gallery: Miss Stratham Fair 2008 6,998
5. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair Road Race 2,023
6. Flash Gallery: Severe storms hit NH 1,597
7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 655
8. Flash Gallery: Stratham Fair 2008 616
9. Flash Gallery: 41st Annual Stratham Fair opens 561
10. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 555

Web traffic for Thursday, July 24, 2008

29,147 unique visitors and 184,182 page views, led by '1 dead in house collapse' and 'Spaulding crash cases heavy traffic delays' and photo galleries led by 'Severe storm hits NH' and 'Portsmouth Water Carnival'

1. 1 dead in house collapse; Gov. Lynch declares state of eme... (2,354)
2. Spaulding crash causes heavy traffic, delays (1,814)
3. Houses reported down in severe storms as NWS issues to... (1,651)
4. City suicide attempts double; chaplain proposes solutions (1,626)
5. Gov. Lynch declares state of emergency in 5 counties (1,535)
6. Entertain 'Baby Borrowers': Daton walks out, Morgan now ... (1,482)
7. Manhunt leads police to crowbar assault suspect (1,204)
8. Father, daughter recovering from machete attack (1,096)
9. Portsmouth police log (1,058)
10. Business Portsmouth shop specializes in silver and gold (1,025)

1. Severe Storm Hits NH (7,222)
2. Portsmouth Water Carnival 2008 (6,913)
3. Children's Museum of NH is Ready (4,793)
4. 41st Annual Stratham Fair opens (1,608)
5. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 (1,437)
6. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 5 (833)
7. Photos of the Week July 14-20 (767)
8. McCain visits Buxton Oil (578)
9. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (356)
10. Photos of the Week June30-July6 (338)

Web traffic for Wednesday, July 23, 2008:

25,862 unique visitors and 168,354 page views. Each of the top four stories had more than 2,000 hits, led by 'Mother of dead surfer sues...', 'Feathers fly over chicken ban...' Photo galleries were led by 'Children's Museum' and 'York Beachcomber.'

1. Mother of dead surfer sues 5 assailants, parents (2,843)
2. Feathers fly over chicken ban at city farmers market (2,510)
3. Police say couple woke up and saw burglar at their bedside (2,221)
4. Father, daughter recovering from machete attack (2,023)
5. Teen arrested, charged with raping 14-year-old (1,932)
6. Teen charged with raping 14-year-old (1,673)
7. City suicide rate rising; chaplain proposes solutions (1,456)
8. Portsmouth police log (1,066)
9. Police: bedside burglar faces felony charge (740)
10. Man 'acting agressive' at bank arrested on multiple charges (661)

1. Children's Museum of NH is Ready (4,465)
2. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 5 (2,047)
3. Portsmouth Water Carnival 2008 (1,757)
4. Ogunquit Costume Ball (1,714)
5. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 (1,608)
6. Photos of the Week July 14-20 (1,519)
7. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (371)
8. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 (368)
9. Photos of the Week July 7-13 (345)
10. McCain in Kennebunkport (322)

Web traffic for Tuesday, July 22

29,925 daily uniques and 171,767 page views, with traffic driven by a farking of 'Judge talks gun threat suspect out of guilty pleas' (4,935) and 'Local teens star on Baby Borrowers' (2,894), and both Beachcomber editions leading the photo galleries (2,933 and 2,622 views, respectively). Celeb Watch 35 is still in the top ten...

Articles:

1. Judge talks gun threat suspect out of guilty pleas 4,935 9.0%
2. Local teens star on 'Baby Borrowers' 2,894 5.3%
3. Couple wakes to find accused burglar at bedside 2,361 4.3%
4. Dogs present problems at Hampton's beaches 1,546 2.8%
5. Hospital trip nets party bust 1,412 2.6%
6. Police use Taser to stop fleeing suspect 1,409 2.6%
7. Kittery-based cutter offloads 10,000 pounds of coke 1,062 1.9%
8. Portsmouth police log 967 1.8%
9. Teen arrested, charged with raping 14-year-old 926 1.7%
10. Building foundation crumbles into river 785 1.4%

Photo galleries:

1. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 5 2,933 15.2%
2. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #5 2,622 13.6%
3. Photos of the Week July 14-20 2,245 11.7%
4. Port 11/12 District II LL Champs 1,601 8.3%
5. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 1,126 5.9%
6. Celeb Watch 35 641 3.3%
7. McCain in Kennebunkport 638 3.3%
8. 9/10 District II LL Champions 550 2.9%
9. 19th Annual DecoratorShow House 484 2.5%
10. (zoom) Local teens star on 'Baby Borrowers' 477 2.5%

Web traffic for Monday, July 21

After a slow weekend, traffic was back on track Monday with 26,840 uniques and 151,708 page views, led by the Portsmouth police log (2,526) and severe weather wrap-up. For galleries it was Photos of the Week and -- you guess it -- Celeb Watch 35 again.

Reminder: with Bachelor and Idol shows over, and a lack of recent farkings, we depend on frequently-generated, local content flowing to the web to keep the numbers up. Keep your off-cycle updates, stories and briefs coming.

Stories:

1. Portsmouth police log (2,526)
2. Heavy thunderstorms activate alarms around city (2,124)
3. Police talk suicidal man off of bridge (1,812)
4. Police looking for man in fitness center assaults (1,340)
5. Despite clouds, the fun goes on (1,128)
6. Entertain ?Mamma Mia!? review: Ah, to be (50-something)
and in love (1,091)
7. Portsmouth city councilor resigns (986)
8. Judge talks gun threat suspect out of guilty pleas (737)
9. Kittery-based cutter offloads 10,000 pounds of coke (670)
10. Epping man may repaint his polka dot home (661)

Photo galleries:

1. Photos of the Week July 14-20 (3,528)
2. Celeb Watch 35 (1,470)
3. American Independence Festival (1,431)
4. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 (1,327)
5. Photos of the Week July 7-13 (963)
6. Port 11/12 District II LL Champs (680)
7. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 4 (549)
8. 9/10 District II LL Champions (418)
9. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (406)
10. 19th Annual DecoratorShow House (405)

Web traffic for Friday-Sunday, July 18-20:

Friday, July 18: 24,930 uniques, 164,020 page views
Four stories had more than 2,000 views, let by 'Teen braves current of Piscataqua' (3,279). Also popular were Molly Malone's and Route 236 crash. For galleries, it was Beachcomber in the top 2 spots, followed by Decorator Show House and Celeb Watch 35.

1. Teen braves current of Piscataqua (3,279)
2. Molly Malone's restaurant hopes to reopen today after closing (2,610)
3. Route 236 crash causes road closure (2,194)
4. Big yacht attracts a little attention at Wentworth dock (2,005)
5. Entertain 'Dark Knight’ review: Yep, Heath Ledger is that... (1,746)
6. Nurse charged with diluting pain medication (1,267)
7. Floods catch drivers off guard (826)
8. Fisherman hooks drowning man, reels him in (760)
9. Business Kayaks bring owner good life (754)
10. Dodds to stay in jail after hospitalization (625)

1. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 (8,468)
2. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 4 (3,062)
3. 19th Annual DecoratorShow House (2,872)
4. Celeb Watch 35 (1,782)
5. Photos of the Week July 7-13 (1,215)
6. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (1,078)
7. Yankee Ultralight Fly-In 2008 (654)
8. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 (559)
9. Celeb Watch 34 (471)
10. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 (468)

Saturday, July 19: 16,792 uniques, 97,984 views
The storms from the previous evening put weather in the top three spots Saturday: Flash floods, and two stories on people killed by lightning. For galleries: Celeb Watch 35, Decorator Show House and Beachcomber.

Friday night's storms knocked out power to the office and brought down servers, and while the print operation was put on hold, the web site stayed up and we were able to get breaking storm stories and photos up as the news was still happening.

1. Flash floods hit again (1,953)
2. Two people killed in Maine by lightning strike (1,842)
3. Police identify victims of Maine lightning strike (1,319)
4. Reception turns into rescue (1,264)
5. Floods catch drivers off guard (969)
6. Eating lobster tomalley dangerous say NH health officials (931)
7. Nearly 20,000 without power in Maine (621)
8. Merrimack, NH sister gets into trouble over game (617)
9. Wallet inside a wall for 50 years (605)
10. Overheated day on the seacoast (585)

1. Celeb Watch 35 (2,924)
2. 19th Annual DecoratorShow House (1,477)
3. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 (1,011)
4. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber (4 924)
5. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (705)
6. Photos of the Week July 7-13 (682)
7. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 (470)
8. Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 (409)
9. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 (337)
10. YorkCounty Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 (245)

Sunday, July 20: 18,205 uniques, 99,895 views
More weather fallout in the top spots: Police identify lightning strike victims, Fire response questioned in blaze that destroyed home. For galleries: American Independence Festival, Celeb Watch 35 (ranking among the top spots for the third day in a row... who is so popular in those celebrity galleries?!) and Beachcomber.

1. Police identify victims of Maine lightning strike (1,344)
2. Fire response questioned in blaze that destroyed home (1,314)
3. Police talk suicidal man off of bridge (1,084)
4. Business Several Seacoast businesses thrive even in the fa... (975)
5. Wallet inside a wall for 50 years (830)
6. Portsmouth police log (759)
7. Farming is 'chic' in slow food movement (638)
8. Police: Winchester, NH teen shot in head (486)
9. Maine man recognized for shedding 172 pounds (459)
10. Reception turns into rescue (421)

1. American Independence Festival (2,008)
2. Celeb Watch 35 (1,829)
3. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #4 (1,336)
4. Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 (760)
5. Photos of the Week July 7-13 (569)
6. 19th Annual DecoratorShow House (563)
7. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 (526)
8. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 (526)
9. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 4 (496)
10. Celeb Watch 34 (285)

A dip below 30,000

Wednesday, July 16 saw 28,662 uniques and 152,105 page views. Let's really push breaking news today to get back over 30,000.

Top 10 stories

1. Article: Two days of no liquor sales for The Page 2,282
2. Article: Good Samaritan helps owner running to vet carrying distresseddog 2,144
3. Article: Attorney: Dodds conscious but unresponsive 1,266
4. Article: Entertain 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling 1,246
5. Article: Alleged dog beater previously abused horse, dog 1,177
6. Article: Business BaileyWorks bag maker adds to ownership team 1,111
7. Article: Man killed in fall from Maine hospital garage 1,065
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 926
9. Article: Police called to restaurant for reported abduction attempt 743
10. Article: AP Hosted 670

Top 10 photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 7-13 8,745
2. Flash Gallery: Yankee Ultralight Fly-In 2008 1,429
3. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 1,250
4. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 942
5. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 522
6. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 34 521
7. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 518
8. Article: Photo Zoom: 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling 462
9. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June30-July6 364
10. Flash Gallery: 4th of July fireworks & parade 349

Back over 30,000

Solid traffic Monday (35,545 uniques and 181,761 page views) and Tuesday (33,093 uniques and 169,974 page views)

Top stories Monday

1. Article: N.H. station prices gas by half-gallons 6,473
2. Article: 16-year-old remembered as 'a leader, a champion' 4,611
3. Article: Entertain 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling 3,097
4. Article: City mourns death of 16-year-old 2,018
5. Article: Reward offered to find fence thieves 1,343
6. Article: Boat runs aground in New Castle; two people rescued 1,297
7. Article: Boat runs aground; two people rescued 1,246
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,170
9. Article: William C. Berky 1,124
10. Article: Portsmouth teenager dies at pool party 1,120

Top Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 7-13 11,022
2. Flash Gallery: Harbour Trail 5K 2,753
3. Flash Gallery: Yankee Ultralight Fly-In 2008 2,653
4. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 34 1,844
5. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 1,638
6. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 1,056
7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June30-July6 837
8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 633
9. Article: Photo Zoom: 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling 423
10. Flash Gallery: Raymond 4th of July Parade 401

Tuesday

1. Article: N.H. station prices gas by half-gallons 4,999
2. Article: 30-year officer suing city, says he was forced out after letterleak 3,769
3. Article: Business 20-something sisters succeed with skin care,makeup shops 1,945
4. Article: Late teen's aunt remembers an 'amazing individual' 1,781
5. Article: Entertain 'Twilight' magazine cover photo gets blood boiling 1,763
6. Article: Police: woman who struck, kicked dog faces felony crueltycharge 1,474
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 976
8. Article: Supreme Court rules on hospital buyout 752
9. Article: Entertain What was with the Brad clip at the end of 'Bachelor:Where Are They Now'? 729
10. Article: Police: woman beat 8-year-old stepchild for hours 655

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week July 7-13 11,590
2. Flash Gallery: Yankee Ultralight Fly-In 2008 1,570
3. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 1,418
4. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 855
5. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 699
6. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 631
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 34 517
8. Flash Gallery: Harbour Trail 5K 494 9. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June30-July6 388
10. Flash Gallery: Raymond 4th of July Parade 318

Web traffic for Wednesday, July 9

After two days of solid traffic, largely due to entertainment stories, we came back down to 27K uniques and 154K page views on Wednesday. While these are still respectable numbers compared to last year, it's a reminder that we can't let up and coast on yesterday's news. Please continue to send your briefs, stories, press releases, advances, etc. to the web throughout the day.

Topping the most-viewed list on Wednesday were "Hell's Kitchen" (2,221), "Unattended children behind bar at hotel pool" (1,488), and for photos, three of the top four spots were Beachcomber (14,692) and Folsom Junior Open (4,541).

1. Entertain Hell yeah! Christina Machamer wins 'Hell's Kitchen' 2,221 5.3%
2. Police called to hotel pool for unattended children behind bar 1,488 3.5%
3. Entertain DeAnna, Jesse announce wedding date on 'Bachelorette: After the Final Rose': 1,373 3.3%
4. New 24-hour animal-care facility to open in September 1,340 3.2%
5. Red Sox to honor local cancer survivor, Pan-Mass Challenge rider 1,065 2.5%
6. Portsmouth police log 992 2.3%
7. Cruise ship captain, manager have Seacoast ties 878 2.1%
8. Entertain ?Bachelorette? finale: I can't believe DeAnna picked Jesse the 'rad' snowboarder 827 2.0%
9. Police charge two teens with pot possession, bogus bills 586 1.4%
10. York police log 545 1.3%
11. Entertain 'Bachelorette' and the surprise visit from jilted Jeremy 538 1.3%
12. Man moving from homeless shelter reports missing tools totaling $4,000 476 1.1%
13. York police arrest two Hampton residents on drug charges 459 1.1%
14. New details emerge in murder in Old Orchard Beach 454 1.1%
15. Motorcycle accident sends two to York Hospital 443 1.0%

1. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 11,902 41.5%
2. Don Folsom Junior Open 4,541 15.8%
3. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 1,634 5.7%
4. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 1,156 4.0%
5. Photos of the Week June30-July6 1,116 3.9%
6. Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 996 3.5%
7. Raymond 4th of July Parade 846 3.0%
8. Mini Fenway Park in Rye 700 2.4%
9. 4th of July fireworks & parade 484 1.7%
10. Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival 2008 247 0.9%
11. Exeter Criterium 214 0.7%
12. Winnacunnet Prom 2008 209 0.7%
13. Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 2 201 0.7%
14. An American Celebration 182 0.6%
15. Photos of the Week June 23-29 153 0.5%

We'll miss you Bachelorette

Tuesday, July 8: 42,774 uniques and 193,792 page views
Gina's coverage of The Bachelorette accounted for our four top stories yesterday and a total of 28,858 page views.

Gary Dodds, our local human train wreck came in fifth with 1,805 page views.

Top galleries were photos of the week, followed closely by two Beachcomber galleries.

Top stories

1. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelorette’ finale: I can't believe DeAnna pickedJesse the 'rad' snowboarder 10,989
2. Article: Entertain DeAnna, Jesse announce wedding date on‘Bachelorette: After the Final Rose': 9,399
3. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' and the surprise visit from jilted Jeremy 6,615
4. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' recap: DeAnna, Graham and the lostloner's love letter 1,855
5. Article: Dodds back in court; police say wife wanted 'to get awayfrom him' 1,805
6. Article: Portsmouth No. 4 on Outside magazine's 20 Best Towns inAmerica 1,264
7. Article: Sex offender arrested after moving to Kittery 1,140
8. Article: Local man arrested after home invasion 976
9. Article: Cat alerts owner to condo fire 885
10. Article: New Hampshire has a bridge in Rye to sell you 880

Photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June30-July6 3,795
2. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 3 2,532
3. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #3 2,302
4. Flash Gallery: Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival 2008 1,163
5. Flash Gallery: Raymond 4th of July Parade 737
6. Flash Gallery: Mini Fenway Park in Rye 720
7. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 641
8. Flash Gallery: 4th of July fireworks & parade 552
9. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 511
10. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 23-29 495

Web traffic for Monday, July 7: Bachelorette success

A strong day with 31,687 unique visitors and 163,144 page views. Most noteworhty:

1) strong numbers were not the result of fark or other aggregator

2) every story in the top ten received more than 1,400 hits

3) by Tuesday morning, each of the 6 slots in the "most viewed" list (a ranking based on recent days, not a single day) was a Bachelorette piece by Gina. See attached screen shot (taken shorlty after Dodds story bumped a Bachelorette story).

Top stories for Monday, July 7:

1. Dodds pleads not guilty to assault on wife 2,956 5.2%
2. Man arrested after Rye motorcycle accident 2,383 4.2%
3. N.H. police: Man had pound of cocaine in underwear 2,114 3.8%
4. Entertain 'Bachelorette' and the surprise visit from jilted Jeremy 2,064 3.7%
5. Why tourists are drawn to Portsmouth 1,678 3.0%
6. Entertain 'Bachelorette' finale: DeAnna chooses ?rad?
snowboarder Jesse, he proposes 1,613 2.9%
7. Man wanted on charge of simple assault 1,613 2.9%
8. Entertain 'Bachelorette' finale: I can't believe DeAnna picked
Jesse the 'rad' snowboarder 1,590 2.8%
9. Portsmouth police log 1,495 2.7%
10. Man pinned under 8,800 pound machine at Osram Sylvania 1,470 2.6%
11. City woman builds sustainable home 856 1.5%
12. Toddler falls into campfire at Maine campground 855 1.5%
13. Police: Dodds' victim reported kidnapping, threats 757 1.3%
14. Driver eyeing gas prices hits cruiser 579 1.0%
15. Maine blaze caused by fireworks used indoors 577 1.0%

Top galleries:

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June30-July6 2,448 16.8%
2. Flash Gallery: EJBL 10-year-old All Stars 1,589 10.9%
3. Flash Gallery: Mini Fenway Park in Rye 1,266 8.7%
4. Flash Gallery: An American Celebration 1,149 7.9%
5. Flash Gallery: Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival 2008 773 5.3%
6. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 23-29 767 5.3%
7. Flash Gallery: Raymond 4th of July Parade 657 4.5%
8. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 626 4.3%
9. Flash Gallery: Four on the Fourth Road Race 610 4.2%
10. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 394 2.7%
11. Flash Gallery: 4th of July fireworks & parade 291 2.0%
12. Flash Gallery: EHS Prom 2008 280 1.9%
13. Photo Zoom: Dodds pleads not guilty to assault on wife 227 1.6%
14. Flash Gallery: Best of YorkCounty Beachcomber 2 222 1.5%
15. Flash Gallery: Exeter Graduation 2008 199 1.4%

Web traffic for July 4th long weekend

Friday, July 4, through Sunday, July 6

The long holiday weekend brought an expected downturn in traffic but numbers spiked Saturday with a drug bust story that got farked (Trooper notices bulge in passenger's pants). Daily unique visitors were 19K, 25K and 20K and page views were 112K, 112K and 102K.

Web traffic for Thursday, July 3, 2008

While not as strong as Wednesday's traffic, Thursday's was still fairly strong at 29,758 unique visitors and 159,247 page views. Local stories dominated the top spots, led by a spot news story on a Pease drug bust (2,807), followed by Elli Skiff's exposed buttocks (2,366), benefitting from residual fark.com traffic. Top galleries were Mini Fenway Park (2,187) and Exeter Criterium (1,928).

Articles:

1. Police, drug task force make arrest at Pease (2,807)
2. Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a second time (2,366)
3. Business Landmark fish market reopens (2,084)
4. Rescue boat lands at Pirates Cove after plucking kayakers from water (1,912)
5. Judge: $100K cash or rehab for hammer assault suspect (1,736)
6. Local police aid in arrest of man allegedly in possession of cocaine (1,514)
7. Former owner of Honey Bee Donuts found dead (999)
8. Hammer attack suspect turns himself in (953)
9. Portsmouth police log (855)
10. Rollover crash ties up traffic at circle (798)
11. Fireworks in danger (777)
12. Portsmouth fireworks canceled due to inclement weather (746)
13. Undercover cop nabs man suspected of snorting coke in car (624)
14. AP Hosted (587)
15. Driver reading gas prices rear-ends police cruiser (541)

Photo galleries:

1. Mini Fenway Park in Rye (2,187)
2. Exeter Criterium (1,928)
3. Photos of the Week June 23-29 (1,207)
4. Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 (851)
5. Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 (579)
6. EHS Prom 2008 (442)
7. Article: Photo Zoom: Judge: $100K cash or rehab for hammer assault suspect (438)
8. YCCS Pix 07-03-08 (423)
9. Photos of the Week June 16-22 (337)
10. Girls on the Run (306)
11. Seacoast Am Golf 2008 day one (287)
12. Photos of the Week June 9-15 (210)
13. Newfields 5K Road Race (196)
14. YorkCounty Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 (184)
15. Article: Photo Zoom: Police, drug task force make arrest at Pease (179)

34,060 uniques and 166,617 page views

Wednesday, July 2 was a strong day with 34,060 uniques and 166,617 page views

Top stories were "Former owner of Honey Bee Donuts found dead" (6,000) and "Firewood in short supply as Mainers stock up" (4,361)
Top photo gallery was "Exeter Criterium" (3,802)

Top stories

1. Article: Former owner of Honey Bee Donuts found dead 6,096 2. Article: Firewood in short supply as Mainers stock up 4,361
3. Article: Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a second time 3,885
4. Article: Police: UNH wrestler was drug deal 'lookout' 1,666 5. Article: Entertain ‘Hancock’ review: Remember Will Smith’s ‘WildWild West’? Well… 1,507
6. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' Men Tell All: DeAnna is engaged (butSTILL fighting with Graham) 1,381
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,125
8. Article: Former Honey Bee Donut Shop owner found dead 1,029
9. Article: Business Doo salon moving to new digs 800
10. Article: Entertain 'Hell's Kitchen': Hey, Chef Ramsay, pick Christina towin 698

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Exeter Criterium 3,802
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 23-29 1,289
3. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 948
4. Flash Gallery: YCCS Pix 07-03-08 859
5. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 646
6. Flash Gallery: Girls on the Run 343
7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 16-22 218
8. Flash Gallery: Beachcomber Week of 08/13/2007 214
9. Flash Gallery: Prom pictures - user submitted 186
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a secondtime 186

Farked twice in a day, plus the bachelorette

Yesterday we had monster traffic with both the butt crack story and the firewood in short supply stories picked up by Fark.

Readers submitted the following funny headlines to Fark:
"Firewood in short supply. It doesn't grow on trees, you know" and "If the cops write on your ticket that they saw six inches of plumber's crack in the back and pubes in the front, you might be wearing your pants too low"

Gina Carbone's three bachlorette stories brought in more than 10,000 page views to our site via Google. Search for Max Rome brought in 4,700 page views.

Photos of the week June 23-29 also did unusually well with 12,000-plus page views

Total traffic for July 1 47,179 uniques and 195,406 page views. Now that's how to start a month!

Top stories

1. Article: Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a second time 14,590
2. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' Men Tell All: DeAnna is engaged (butSTILL fighting with Graham) 7,548
3. Article: Police on hunt for hammer assault suspect 4,765
4. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette’ recap: Was Jeremy for real or'American Psycho'? 2,859
5. Article: Firewood in short supply as Mainers stock up 2,033
6. Article: Low pants land woman in court 2,006
7. Article: Former Honey Bee Donuts owner missing since Friday 1,482
8. Article: Former Honey Bee Donut Shop owner found dead 1,380
9. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' recap: DeAnna, Graham and the lostloner's love letter 1,256
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 890

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 23-29 12,315
2. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 1,193
3. Article: Photo Zoom: Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a secondtime 764
4. Flash Gallery: Stratham Pan-Mass Kids Ride 2008 747
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 16-22 656
6. Flash Gallery: Best of Hampton Beachcomber #2 456
7. Flash Gallery: YCCS Pix 07-03-08 440
8. Flash Gallery: Newfields 5K Road Race 290
9. Flash Gallery: EHS Prom 2008 282
10. Flash Gallery: Beachcomber Week of 08/13/2007 230

Uniques 30,699, Page views 156,077

June 30, 2008

Uniques 30,699, Page views 156,077

Our upward month over month trend continues as the first 30 days of June beat first 30 days of May with 774,759 uniques versus 760,972. Our May total, with one extra day, was slightly better at 787,193.

In a year over year comparison we had a tough fight on our hands as last June Susan Nolan's Russian counterfeit story was picked up by Drudge and got 167,000 page views on its first day and 60,000 the next. Still we came within 25,000 of last year's record setting number. All in all a very solid effort in June.

We are off to a good start in July with Fark picking up Beth's illegal butt crack story. Look for those numbers tomorrow.

Monday's top stories:

1. Article: Author, former donut shop owner, missing since Friday 3,367
2. Article: George Carlin's 'art' was hardly 'routine' 2,665 3. Article: Police: Rye man wanted for assault with hammer 2,560
4. Article: Man allegedly assaults driver, flees on foot 2,141
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,098 6. Article: Entertain 'WALL-E' review: Do 4-year-olds like masterpiecestoo? 1,74
7. Article: Tanker flies into Pease for emergency landing 1,473
8. Article: Photo Zoom: Police: Rye man wanted for assault with hammer 1,14
9. Article: Entertain 'Bachelorette' Men Tell All: DeAnna is engaged (butSTILL fighting with Graham) 1,139
10. Article: Exposed buttocks lands woman in court a second time 790

Monday's top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 23-29 7,020
2. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Am Golf 2008 day one 1,593 3. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber 6/17-6/24 1,285
4. Flash Gallery: Stratham Pan-Mass Kids Ride 2008 1,210
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Police: Rye man wanted for assault with hammer 1,148
6. Flash Gallery: Newfields 5K Road Race 1,001
7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 16-22 963
8. Flash Gallery: Girls on the Run 396
9. Flash Gallery: Raymond High Graduation 2008 261
10. Flash Gallery: Sand Sculpture Hampton Beach 253