Tragedy, dancing stars and parking tickets

Very strong day with 31,232 unique visitors and 159,515 page views.

Our top story was the fatal crash on the Maine Turnpike in Ogunquit. Updated three times this story generated 5,400 page views. Gina's online-only piece on Dancing with the Stars got more than 4,500 page views, followed by Beth's story about the guy who got arrested after showing up drunk to fight his parking ticket. Gina's hits were driven by Google while Beth's story was Farked.

The most remarkable thing about yesterday's traffic is that every one of our top 10 articles had 1,000 hits or more. I think that's a first.

In the photo gallery category Ken Stejbach's Lamprey River Canoe race continues to do very well with nearly 4,000 page views yesterday.

Top 10 stories:

1. Article: Entertain 'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Injury or not,Cristian de la Fuente should go 4,445
2. Article: Police: intoxicated man arrested after arriving at trial to fight$72 ticket 3,360
3. Article: Sisters arrested in related altercations 3,211
4. Article: Man, teen killed in Turnpike accident 2,368
5. Article: McSharry sells The Dunaway Restaurant to Oar House owners 2,280
6. Article: Crash kills chauffeur and teen on Maine Turnpike 1,684
7. Article: Crash kills father and son on Maine Turnpike 1,348
8. Article: Teacher died 'with integrity, courage' 1,300
9. Article: Bicyclist killed in accident in Sanford 1,188
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,042

Top photo galleries:

1. Flash Gallery: Lamprey River Canoe Race 3,831 2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week April 21-27 1,300
3. Flash Gallery: Japanese students at Shapleigh 629
4. Article: Photo Zoom: Sisters arrested in related altercations 597
5. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Londonderry Lacrosse 558

Web traffic for Monday, April 28, 2008

26,082 unique visitors
144,955 page views

The site had respectable traffic for Monday, with most-viewed story about a local school teacher who died (3,321 views). Portsmouth police log ended up in #2 with 2,230 views. Viewers were also interested in knowing when their economic stimulus checks will arrive ("when will you receive yours?" (1,807 views), giving that story the #3 spot.

Most popular photo galleries: Photos of the Week (always popular! 3,459 views) and Lamprey River Canoe Race (great shots, Ken) - 1,011 views.

Top stories:

3,321 - on the local teacher died 'with integrity, courage"
2,230 - Portsmouth police log (total combined from two headlines)
1,807 - Economic stimulus checks beginning to arrive; when will you receive yours?
1,529 - Teens who took kiddie pool over waterfall charged
1,442 - Portsmouth restaurateurs purchase The Dunaway Restaurant in Strawbery Banke
1,229 - Motorcycle accident claims life
1,054 - Duck Island's military past raises big questions
837 - Sisters arrested following argument, pursuit on moped
724 - York family's field of dreams dashed by toll plans
640 - Teen arrested at PHS faces new charges; accused of stalking, violating restraining order

Top photo galleries:

3,459 - Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week April 21-27
1,011 - Flash Gallery: Lamprey River Canoe Race
808 - Flash Gallery: Prom Prep: Make Up
482 - Flash Gallery: British fighter jets over Pease
431 - Flash Gallery: Prom fashion shoot

Web traffic for Fri-Sun, April 25-27, 2008

*** Friday, April 25, 2008 ***

22,316 unique visitors
149,221 page views

Top stories:

3,887 - Say goodbye to Pier II
2,854 - Stratham woman embezzled $343,000
2,659 - Health Dept. closes eatery
2,514 - Business From teenage mom to downtown salon owner
1,258 - North Hampton motorcycle crash sends 1 to hospital
880 - Student involved in schoolyard brawl arrested on drug charge
721 - Car careens off Route 101 overpass; slams on Route 1
692 - Portsmouth police log
658 - Christmas mischief punished
618 - Motorcycle crash sends 1 to hospital

Top photo galleries:

821 - Blue Hawk Wrestling Club
676 - British fighter jets over Pease
427 - Spotlight Awards 2008

*** Saturday, April 26, 2008 ***

14,312 unique visitors
78,725 page views

1,247 - 'They do quality work'
795 - Business From teenage mom to downtown salon owner
711 - It's a wild moose chase
665 - Local woman quickly admits embezzling
619 - Health Dept. closes eatery
517 - Say goodbye to Pier II
433 - Portsmouth police log
432 - Kayla J. Philbrook
400 - Employees laid off at passport call center
328 - Opinion Letters to the Editor

Top photo galleries:

417 - British fighter jets over Pease
401 -Prom Prep: Make Up
312 - Exeter vs. Salem Boys Lacrosse
308 - Prom fashion shoot
278 - Great Bay Services
273 - Portsmouth Junior Prom 2007
234 - GCS Talent Show
210 - Project Recycle Runway at SMS

*** Sunday, April 27, 2008 ***

17,190 unique visitors
93,937 page views

815 - Toll divide: Can sides come to terms on York plaza? 815 0.9%
771 - Employees laid off at passport call center 771 0.8%
733 - 'Harold & Kumar’ review: Dudes, you overstuffed the bong 733 0.8%
587 - York family's field of dreams dashed by toll plans 587 0.6%
557 - Business Wal-Mart makes sustainability part of its corporate culture 557 0.6%
542 - Teens who took kiddie pool over waterfall charged 542 0.6%
538 - Orthodox faithful celebrate 'real' Easter today 538 0.6%
415 - Portsmouth police log 415 0.4%
309 - Business From teenage mom to downtown salon owner 309 0.3%
252 - Opinion Operation Obama Erasure 252 0.3%

Top photo galleries:

2,152 - Flash Gallery: Prom Prep: Make Up
836 - Flash Gallery: Prom fashion shoot
458 - Flash Gallery: British fighter jets over Pease
281 - Flash Gallery: Blue Hawk Wrestling Club
262 - Flash Gallery: Spotlight Awards 2008
222 - Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Salem Boys Lacrosse

Web traffic for Thursday, April 24, 2008

24,045 unique visitors (down 930 from Wednesday)

144,154 page views (up 1,236 from Wednesday)

Top stories were 'Car crashes off Route 101 overpass' (3,342 views), followed by 'N.H. man killed in tree-cutting accident' (AP) and 'Three teens arrested near PHS' and 'car crashes off Route 101 overpass.'

Top photo gallery for the second day in a row was 'Newmarket vs. Epping baseball' (1,089 views), followed by 'Clean-up Kids' (Earth Day) and, once again, 'Prom fashion shoot', the behind-the-scenes gallery by Laura Snyder Smith.

3,342 - Car crashes off Route 101 overpass (total, from 2 headlines of same story)
2,312 - N.H. man killed in tree-cutting accident
2,150 - Three teens arrested near PHS; search reveals BB guns, bats and machete
1,731 - Business Pease business owner predicts computing revolution, 5,000-plus employees
1,661 - Student involved in schoolyard brawl arrested on drug charge
1,355 - Entertain 'American Idol' recap: What?! Hippies force out Carly Smithson
1,297 - Officers separate sisters following fight in car
927 - Portsmouth police log
795 - Police investigate plastic ties strung across road
776 - 'American Idol’ recap: You must not love Brooke White after Webber night

Top photo galleries:

1,089 - Newmarket vs. Epping 1,089 0.8%
432 - The Clean-Up Kids 2008 432 0.3%
415 - Prom fashion shoot 415 0.3%
412 - The Jungle Book Exeter 412 0.3%
409 - Blue Hawk Wrestling Club 409 0.3%
402 - Rye Elementary Live Wax Museum 402 0.3%

Web traffic for Wednesday, April 23, 2008

24,975 unique visitors (down 1,676 from Tuesday)
142,918 page views (down 16,200 from Tuesday)

Traffic was slightly down, with top story - again - Kittery woman killed in crash - followed by entertainment 'American Idol' recap, and brief story on two sisters fighting in a car over whether or not to go to the park, prompting a police response -- the last is a good reminder that traffic can be generated from what may seem like uninteresting stories.

The most popular photo gallery by a strong margin was Newmarket vs. Epping baseball, followed by Rye Elementary live wax museum and clean-up kids (Earth day).

The details...

3,292 - Route 236 crash victim, 26, was mother of 2-year-old
2,891 - 'American Idol’ recap: You must not love Brooke White after Webber night
2,163 - Officers separate sisters following fight in car
1,735 - Sex offender arrested in Portsmouth
1,638 - Kristen A. Roberge
1,417 - Three teens arrested at high school; search reveals BB guns, bats and machete
1,046 - Attorney: Alcohol made man drop gun
693 - Firefighter charged with raping minor allegedly breached bail
690 - Car crashes onto Route 1 from overpass
628 - Portsmouth police log

3,043 - Top galleries Flash Gallery: Newmarket vs. Epping
675 - Flash Gallery: Rye Elementary Live Wax Museum
578 - Flash Gallery: The Clean-Up Kids 2008

Web traffic for Tuesday, April 22, 2008:

159,118 page views
26,651 unique visitors

Page views were up 2,678 and uniques up 282 from Monday. The stories with the most views were, same as Monday, Stratham man dies in diving accident (several stories including obituary, totaling 5,288) and Kittery woman killed in crash (several stories, giving 4,915 views). For photo galleries it was Photos of the week, York anti-toll rally, and Prom fashion shoot. The Prom fashion shoot was simply a reporter's "behind the scenes" series taken with a 'point and shoot' and over the past several days has given more than 14,117 page views.


Top stories:

3,505 - 26-year-old woman killed in Eliot crash
2,548 - Family remembers Stratham man who died in scuba diving accident
1,797 - Man charged with selling beer to teens
1,410 - Kittery woman killed in Route 236 crash
1,281 - Portsmouth woman arrested on drug charges
1,139 - Official: Man dies after being pulled from water
1,134 - Portsmouth police log
942 - 'Dancing with the Stars’: Even The Fonz can’t save Marlee Matlin
821 - Thomas O. Dionne
784 - Firefighter charged with raping minor allegedly breached bail
780 - Stratham man dies in diving accident, was 'a great guy'


Top photo galleries:

1,436 - Photos of the Week April 14-20
1,157 - York Anti-toll Rally
826 - Prom fashion shoot

Web traffic for Monday, April 21

26,369 unique visitors
156,440 page views

Monday's traffic was strong, with two spot news stories about local residents at the top. The Stratham story was helped by several follow-up pieces with new information, which demonstrates the importance of getting updates to the web.

7,884 - Stratham man dies in diving accident
4,757 - Kittery woman killed in Route 236 crash

Top photo galleries:

1,900 - York Anti-toll Rally
1,830 - Photos of the Week April 14-20
593 - Prom fashion shoot
584 - Police corner deer in back yard

...followed by residual traffic from 'Prom fashion shoot' and 'Deer cornered in back yard' - each still getting about 600 views.

3,553 - Stratham man dies in diving accident
3,205 - Official: Man dies after being pulled from water
2,551 - Kittery woman killed in Route 236 crash
2,235 - Portsmouth police log
2,206 - Driver killed in Route 236 crash 2,206 1.4%
1,679 - Ouch! Tacks protect signs from Bandit
1,444 - Business C&J faces parking crunch
1,126 - Man dies after being pulled from Great Bay
968 - York citizens protest toll move
811 - Entertain Is 'American Idol' rigged for gender balance?

Web traffic for Fri / Sat / Sun (April 18-20)

26,899 unique visitors
139,553 page views

Both slightly down from previous day - typical for a Friday

Most popular story: alcoholic mom writes to judges from jail, followed by 'visual sexual agression bill' and 'high speed chase ends in crash.'
Most popular photo gallery was the Police/Explorer annual spaghetti dinner, followed closely by Spotlight awards.

Top 10 stories:

3,752 - Mom in jail writes to judges
2,036 - Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children in Maine
2,018 - High-speed motorcycle chase ends in crash
1,838 - York woman charged in theft scheme
1,391 - Spotlight Awards honor Seacoast artists
1,325 - Police Logs
903 - Opinion Letters to the Editor
851 - Twins to be indicted in attempted robbery of motel in Kittery
790 - N.H. high court: judge complicit in fraud
689 - Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex

Top galleries:

8. Flash Gallery: Police & Explorers dinner 3,539 2.5%
9. Flash Gallery: Spotlight Awards 2008 3,414 2.4%
14. Flash Gallery: Prom fashion shoot 1,728 1.2%
20. Flash Gallery: Prom 2008 1,176 0.8%

Weekend traffic was down, with most popular stories 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' entertainment review and 'man dies after being pulled from Great Bay, and still more mileage from the Hallmark card story (claims it promotes teen sex). For galleries, the highest traffic generators were Exeter/Pinkerton boys' lacrosse; Spotlight Awards; deer cornered in back yard; and prom fashion shoot.

Reporter chases senator up statehouse steps

I have posted a link to a 26-second video from the Boston Herald's website below that I'd like reporters to check out. Unlike the high-end work being done by our photo staff that requires quality equipment and editing, these types of point and shoot videos add great visual content to your stories online without a lot of heavy lifting. All of our point and shoot cameras can capture video and, with practice, you can actually get respectable results. I have been using the exact same cameras we have here in the newsroom with my UNH students and some have done very good work with them.

Last night I had David Hurlburt, an executive producer at WMUR, speak to my class. He said that while they have great equipment and skilled producers, they often chose to run raw video on their website because it has an authenticity to it. While the longest TV news segment runs 1:30 he said they'll often run raw video of 10 minutes or more on the website and that it is an important driver of traffic for them.

Boston Herald Reporter Dave Wedge chases senator up statehouse steps

Hallmark cards and David Cook

Another monster day with 38,109 unique visitors and 150,372 page views. We continued to get traffic from a link to our Hallmark card story by parentdish.com. That brought in more than 11,000 page views. Gina's "Oh 'Baby,' David Cook gives goosebumps on Mariah night" also nailed nearly 4,000 page views.

Top 10 stories

1. Article: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims itpromotes teen sex 11,173
2. Article: Entertain 'American Idol' recap: Oh 'Baby,' David Cook givesgoosebumps on Mariah night 3,811
3. Article: Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against childrenin Maine 2,085
4. Article: Man arrested after allegedly trying to sign out 15-year-old girlfrom school 1,853
5. Article: Developers learn more about developing Shipyard Prison 1,239
6. Article: Port bill debate growing hostile 1,154
7. Article: Photo Zoom: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after womanclaims it promotes teen sex 1,118
8. Article: Entertain ‘Dancing with the Stars’: Send Priscilla Presley toHeartbreak Hotel 749
9. Article: Irate York selectmen demand meeting on I-95 tolls 723
10. Article: Police: York High student's YouTube stunt ends in arrest 610

Photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week April 7-13 1,845
2. Article: Photo Zoom: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after womanclaims it promotes teen sex 1,118
3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 330
4. Flash Gallery: Sk8r's Gazette 2008 299
5. Flash Gallery: Exeter Dodgeball Tournament 278

Web traffic for Wed. April 15

Excellent traffic Tuesday, April 15, with 178,709 page views (up 26,152) and 51,747 unique visitors (up 13,075).

The Hallmark card story (woman launches campaign against a card she thinks promotes teen sex), which had already been picked up by Fark driving two days of great traffic, got picked up by Parentdish (appears to be an AOL parenting site), giving us a 28,000 page view boost between the normally slow hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. To date this story has driven 59,000 page views.

Other popular stories were: man arrested trying to sign 15-year-old out of high school, and Maine bill toughening law on "visual sexual aggression" (also recently Farked). Photos of the Week gallery continues to be popular as well.

Stories:

25,711 - Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex
4,403 - Man arrested after allegedly trying to sign out 15-year-old girl from school
2,851 - Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children in Maine
2,644 - Man killed in Route 125 crash
2,463 - Entertain 'Dancing with the Stars': Send Priscilla Presley to Heartbreak Hotel
2,400 - Photo Zoom: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex
2,078 - Police: York High student's YouTube stunt ends in arrest
1,569 - Epping crash victim identified
1,465 - Front: Police Logs
1,348 - Unlicensed 15-year-old crashes car; mom fined

Photo galleries:

2,600 - Photos of the Week April 7-13
489 - Sk8r's Gazette 2008
467 - GCS Talent Show

Pervert bills and Hallmark cards

Strong day yesterday with 38,672 uniques and 152,557 page views. Dave Choate's story on "visual aggression against children" continued to drive traffic via Fark and Beth Dinan's story about a local woman who got a Hallmark card removed from local shelves because she believes it promotes teen sex went national and continued to drive enormous traffic. Seven of our top 10 stories each had more than 1,000 page views and the Greenland talent show and photos of the week both broke the 2,000 page view threshold.

Top 10 stories

1. Article: Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children in Maine 9,596
2. Article: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims it promotes teen sex 6,525
3. Article: Driver killed in Route 125 crash 1,732
4. Article: Repairs to close Memorial span 1,445
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,354
6. Article: Man arrested after allegedly trying to sign out 15-year-old girlfrom school 1,312
7. Article: Beware the modern bachelor party 1,148
8. Article: Business Passionate users want to save Windows XP 802
9. Article: Entertain What does it mean to 'win' 'American Idol'? 703
10. Article: Two-vehicle crash closes portion of Route 125 674

Photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week April 7-13 2,626
2. Flash Gallery: GCS Talent Show 2,159
3. Flash Gallery: Sk8r's Gazette 2008 1,341
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter/Spaulding Baseball 786
5. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 544

Three days, twice Farked, big traffic

Huge day yesterday with 41,357 uniques and 121,065 page views after Fark picked up Dave Choate's story "Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children.

Saturday, March 12 was typical with 18,887 uniques and 95,535 page views. Monster winner on this day was Scott Yates's photo gallery of the Greenland Talent Show that garnered more than 10,000 page views.

Friday outstanding with 36,324 uniques and 154,079 page views. York Pastor story was Farked and got nearly 12,000 page views. Three of our top 10 stories were Gina pieces on American Idol.



Top 10 articles Sunday, April 13
1. Article: Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children."in Maine 22,496
2. Article: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims itpromotes teen sex 2,304
3. Article: Stratham town clerk dies at 56 1,120
4. Article: Business Developers meet with Navy this week on PortsmouthNaval Prison's future 1,073
5. Article: Entertain 'Street Kings' review: Keanu Reeves takes on‘Hamlet’ 1,018
6. Article: Beware the modern bachelor party 931
7. Article: After 45 years, memory of Thresher crew is still strong 709
8. Article: Stratham mourns 'caring, loving' Shirley Daley 527
9. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 510
10. Article: AP Hosted 473
Flash Galleries
1. Flash Gallery: GCS Talent Show 5,515
2. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep 399 3. Flash Gallery: Osprey nest renovation 366 4. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 280
5. Flash Gallery: Exeter/Winnacunnet Softball 235


Saturday, April 12 Top stories and galleries

1. Article: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims itpromotes teen sex 3,019
2. Article: Suspended pastor's former girlfriend says church should not beso forgiving 1,718
3. Article: Repair shop in disrepair, city says 918
4. Article: 2 stolen vehicles, 2 escapes, 4 arrests 744
5. Article: School closed after 200 fall ill 697
6. Article: Entertain Call center worker: Glitches cost ‘Idol Gives Back’millions 572
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 554 8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 483
9. Article: City budget at $83M 368 10. Article: AP Hosted 348
Photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: GCS Talent Show 10,134
2. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 2007 590
3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 493
4. Flash Gallery: Osprey nest renovation 368
5. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Brush Fire 283
6. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep 281

Friday, April 11, top stories and galleries

1. Article: Suspended pastor's former girlfriend says church should not beso forgiving 11,738
2. Article: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after woman claims itpromotes teen sex 7,397
3. Article: Hit the decks: Spring brings city outdoor bars back to life 1,515
4. Article: Entertain ‘Idol Gives Back’: Did anyone really speak to acontestant? 1,151
5. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,048
6. Article: Court reinstates lewdness charge against nude dancer 1,025
7. Article: Entertain 'Idol' recap: What kind of idiot dumps Michael Johns? 902
8. Article: Entertain Call center worker: Glitches cost ‘Idol Gives Back’millions 826
9. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 751
10. Article: AP Hosted 592
Photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Brush Fire 2,490
2. Flash Gallery: Osprey nest renovation 897
3. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 25 840
4. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 526
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Hallmark card yanked from shelves after womanclaims it promotes teen sex

Pastor, pizza and American Idol

Solid traffic with 26,386 unique visitors and 140,072 page views.

The suspended pastor, which appears under two different headlines, garnered nearly 4,000 page views. We toned down the first web headline "Pastor's a player" to something more straightforward because this story is volatile enough without a provocative headline. Pizza maker sex assault was our number two story followed closely by Gina's excellent commentary on Idol Gives Back. Lately you've been seeing something called "AP Hosted" consistently in the top 10. This is because Tim White adjusted some coding and we are now getting credited for page views on AP stories that are flowing to our site automatically throughout the day. This simple coding fix could result in 1,000 additional page views a day. Thank you, Tim!
Top stories

1. Article: Pizza maker charged with sex assault 2,766
2. Article: Entertain 'Idol Gives Back': Did anyone really speak to acontestant? 2,725
3. Article: Suspended pastor's former girlfriend says church should not beso forgiving 2,356
4. Article: Kline's will be demolished 1,767
5. Article: Pastor's a player, 2 ex-girlfriends say 1,498
6. Article: City worker traps teens 'doing donuts' in school parking lot 1,191
7. Article: AP Hosted 1,183
8. Article: Police say woman drove drunk on way to Bible study class 1,089
9. Article: Business Skybus founder wants airline back 888
10. Article: Police Log 817
Flash Galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 25 1,598 2. Flash Gallery: Exeter/Winnacunnet Softball 1,518
3. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Softball vs Bedford 1,291
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter Dodgeball Tournament 604
5. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 589

Document helps drive traffic

Strong day yesterday with 31,034 uniques and 145,926 page views.

Interesting that our number five story was simply a pdf of the indictments list from the county attorney's office. In case you are not aware, it is very easy for us to make pdfs of documents to post on the web and these are proven traffic drivers. If you've got an interesting document please bring it to Andrew and Alexa's attention so they can get it posted with your story. Woman charged with DUI on way to Bible study and New Castle artifacts heist also did very well.


Top stories
1. Article: Police say woman drove drunk on way to Bible study class 5,913
2. Article: AP Hosted 2,409
3. Article: Hannaford Bros. yanks ads from TV station for reporting 1,780
4. Article: $2,000 reward offered in artifacts heist 1,629
5. Article: Indictments List - Rockingham County Attorney's Office 1,235
6. Article: Police: Protective order was filed against pastor 993
7. Article: Baby born with 2 faces in north India, villagers worship her asa goddess 969
8. Article: Entertain ‘Idol recap’: Inspired to jump on David Cookbandwagon 912
9. Article: Seacoast man hurt in Iraq explosion 872
10. Article: Police Log

Top photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Red Sox Opening Day 2008 1,454
2. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 862
3. Flash Gallery: Little River Spring clean-up 813
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Mar31-Apr6 680
5. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Track Meet April 2008 567

Monster day online

Yesterday we had monster traffic with 41,503 uniques and 160,303 page views. Surge was due to a Fark pickup of Beth Dinan's story of the woman charged with DUI on way to Bible study class and then great local traffic on the story about the pastor suspended for dating a parishioner. The Holly Spreen story and Gina's online-only plea to save Adam Carolla (sadly unsuccessful), also scored big. I think using Adam Carolla's name in the headline helped drive up its Google ranking. Nice job all around folks. Thanks.

Top 10 articles

1. Article: Police say woman drove drunk on way to Bible study class 18,093
2. Article: Pastor suspended: Thou shalt not date a parishioner 4,346
3. Article: Former teacher sentenced to year in jail after DWI arrest 1,299
4. Article: Entertain 'Dancing with the Stars': Save Adam Carolla 1,164
5. Article: Soldier's widow has his sperm extracted in quest to have his child 990
6. Article: Baby born with 2 faces in north India, villagers worship her asa goddess 978
7. Article: Business Exeter Inn's 'exciting' makeover to be complete soon 881
8. Article: Entertain 'Idol recap': Inspired to jump on David Cook band wagon 652
9. Article: 'Grocery cart bandits' sought 574
10. Article: Woman charged with DWI after Sunday morning drive-throughcrash 571
Flash Gallery
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Mar31-Apr6 3,910
2. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 744
3. Flash Gallery: Antiques Appraisal in Exeter 592
4. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Track Meet April 2008 448
5. Flash Gallery: Music Together of Exeter 448

Great traffic april 4-april 7

April 7
27,222 uniques, 139,809 page views
Top stories and galleries:
1. Article: Woman charged with DWI after Sunday morning drive-throughcrash 2,686
2. Article: Airport a 'ghost town' after Skybus closure 2,509
3. Article: Woman locks self in trunk 1,478
4. Article: Felon arrested after allegedly throwing knives near elderlyhousing 1,170
5. Article: Effort to stop puppy mills follows plea by Oprah 1,155
6. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,131
7. Article: Local man witnessed Tibetan violence 930
8. Article: Treasures revealed at antiques appraisal 735 9. Article: Sports Smith, Campbell win Great Bay Half Marathon titles 617
10. Article: Woman who locked herself in car's trunk calls 911 for rescue 598
Flash Gallery
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Mar31-Apr6 3,634 2. Flash Gallery: Antiques Appraisal in Exeter 1,077
3. Flash Gallery: New Franklin School Circus 956 4. Flash Gallery: Bridge Work Ahead 861
5. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 830
April 6
20,092 unique visitors, 103,104 page views
1. Article: Travelers, workers at Pease shocked over sudden Skybusshutdown 2,353
2. Article: Drug khat finds its way to New England 1,514 3. Article: Opinion 'Clintonista' has change of heart 1,058 4. Article: Business Price shocker: Families feel pinch of food inflation 517
5. Article: Woman who locked herself in car's trunk calls 911 for rescue 502 6. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 444
7. Article: Sex survey: Ideal experience 3 to 13 minutes 427% 8. Article: Pease firefighter charged in rape of girl, 15 404
9. Article: Autopsy: Man had five drugs in bloodstream when he lefthospital 384 10. Article: Six arrested in Lynn as police seize 84 kilos of cocaine 358
Flash galleries
1. Flash Gallery: New Franklin School Circus 2,976 2. Flash Gallery: Bridge Work Ahead 1,570 3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 654
4. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep 281
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 24-30
April 5
20,739 uniques, 100,549 page views
1. Article: Woman who locked herself in car's trunk calls 911 for rescue 3,197
2. Article: Skybus shuts down; no more flights at Pease 1,827
3. Article: Skybus shutdown has fallout for passengers, local economy 1,475
4. Article: Portsmouth police log 608
5. Article: New $15M parking garage deal near 584
6. Article: Portsmouth's busy events schedule puts strain on police,residents 579
7. Article: Pease firefighter charged in rape of girl, 15 511
8. Article: Autopsy: Man had five drugs in bloodstream when he lefthospital 492
9. Article: Skybus in trouble? 484
10. Article: Tylor Van Williams 467
1. Flash Gallery: New Franklin School Circus 3,563
2. Flash Gallery: Music Together of Exeter 3,100
3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 772
4. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep 571 5. Flash Gallery: Bridge Work Ahead 233
April 4
30,606 uniques and 159,257 page views
1. Article: Woman who locked herself in car's trunk calls 911 for rescue 2,927
2. Article: Police: Man tried suicide after raping girl, 15 2,609
3. Article: Angry York crowd of 500 blasts I-95 toll plan 2,025 4. Article: Grandmother's arrest related to 8-year-old parking tickets 1,857
5. Article: Eliot mom charged in assault of 5-year-old 1,088
6. Article: Skybus in trouble? 1,073
7. Article: Elaine Brown takes the Fifth 1,072
8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 936
9. Article: Autopsy: Man had five drugs in bloodstream when he lefthospital 868
10. Article: Business Anthem will no longer pay for preventable medicalerrors 830
Flash Galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Music Together of Exeter 4,347
2. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 1,412 3. Flash Gallery: New Franklin School Circus 1,282 4. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 24 1,273 5. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep 412

web traffic April 3

We had 26,229 unique visitors and 148,191 page views yesterday. Top two stories were firefighter accused of rape and followup. Grandmother arrested for parking tickets was number 3. Seven of top 10 stories scored more than 1,000 page views. Number 8 story, Curse of KrisyLee Cook just missed with 945.

Top Stories
1. Article: Pease firefighter charged in rape of girl, 15 4,180
2. Article: Court records detail alleged rape, attempted suicide 2,122 3. Article: Skybus in trouble? 1,754
4. Article: Grandmother's arrest related to 8-year-old parking tickets 1,666
5. Article: Scammers file taxes for York man 1,372
6. Article: Sex survey: Ideal experience 3 to 13 minutes 1,364
7. Article: Autopsy: Man had five drugs in bloodstream when he lefthospital 1,306
8. Article: Entertain ‘Idol’ recap: Ramiele victim of The Curse of KristyLee Cook 945
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 653
10. Article: Entertain Casino Ballroom brings back old friends 628
Photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 24 1,919
2. Flash Gallery: Gearing for Spring Sports 1,305
3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 1,240 4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 24-30 978 5. Flash Gallery: Music Together of Exeter 763

Excellent day online

Very strong traffic yesterday with 34,355 unique visitors and 158,370 page views. We got a nice boost from a link off a conservative radio talk show host's website called boortz.com that linked to the York tax scam story. The Holly Spreen story was very strong and the pot case that got tossed due to a backup at the state lab benefitted from a link from Fark. The umbrella tree story out of Rye got more than 1,500 page views which just goes to show that the web is an audience of niches and the more niche content we put up the more we'll drive audience. The granny arrested for parking tickets scored more than 1,300 page views in the short time it was up. Ken Stejbach's spring sports gallery drove more than 3,000 page views. I think the American Idol story, which got 971 page views would have done better if we put the guy's name in the headline rather than calling him "The boy from Oz."

1. Article: Scammers file taxes for York man 9,855
2. Article: Former teacher gets 27 days in jail 2,659
3. Article: Pot possession case dismissed when prosecution lacks plantproof 2,643
4. Article: Crime lab jam dooms pot case 1,883
5. Article: Rare $15,000 tree saved in Rye 1,518
6. Article: Grandmother 'dumbfounded' about her arrest related to8-year-old parking tickets 1,325
7. Article: Police: man punched a child in the eye 1,024
8. Article: Entertain 'Idol' recap: Nobody does Dolly like a boy from Oz 971
9. Article: Police Log 798
10. Article: York police log 623
Photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Gearing for Spring Sports 3,027
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 24-30 1,605
3. Flash Gallery: Rock the Runway Fashion Show 575 4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 368
5. Flash Gallery: Fall photos 300

Strong start April

Strong traffic yesterday with 32,779 uniques and 148,160 page views.

Our good friend Fark helped us with links to both the York tax scam and the pot case dismissal. Dodds remained over 2,000 page views and a press release on the sale of Bentley Pharmaceuticals also garnered 1,700 hits. In all 7 of our top 10 stories has 1,000 page views or more.

Today also looks strong with a new site, Boortz.com, giving us strong referrals, also, it appears, on the tax scam story.

So far April has been very, very good to us.

1. Article: Scammers file taxes for York man 8,058
2. Article: Gary Dodds gets jail time 2,312
3. Article: Pot possession case dismissed when prosecution lacks plantproof 2,126
4. Article: Business Exeter firm to sell for $360 million 1,711
5. Article: Former teacher charged with driving while intoxicated, while onprobation for alcohol charg 1,442
6. Article: Boy, 6, left alone on school bus for hours 1,248
7. Article: Pot posession case dismissed when prosecution lacks plantproof 1,104
8. Article: Hampton Acadamy students want Six Flags trip, not Boston 937
9. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 794
10. Article: Police Log 645

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 24-30 2,332
2. Flash Gallery: Gearing for Spring Sports 1,482
3. Flash Gallery: Wax Museum at Stratham Memorial 438
4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 266
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 143

Moving in the right direction

Daily uniques were back over 25,000 yesterday and page views at a respectable 131,000. Our top story was Gina Carbone's review of the movie '21.' This story did well in part because it had a provocative headline: "Did 21 bet on being called racist?" The Dodds story finished a close second and we got anothyer day of goodness from our old Hillary Clinton stuff. A surprise winner was the feature out of York: "Ready for a baby" Think it over?" Which scored more than 1,000 page views.

Last week when I went to my son's second grade class for a "wax museum" a took some shots of the kids and Deb Cram helped me post it and it was our number 2 gallery yesterday. Feel free, if you are at community events, to rattle off some snapshots. We'll find a way to get them posted and they help drive traffic.

25,457 uniques and 131,022 Page Views

1. Article: Entertain Did '21' bet on being called racist? 1,601
2. Article: Dodds gets 20 days in jail for faking disappearance 1,561
3. Article: Clinton camp reimburses; landlord to donate check to Obamacampaign 1,151
4. Article: Ready for a baby? 'Think it over' 1,074
5. Article: Man who chased, threatened children at bus stop sentencedto jail 908
6. Article: Portsmouth police log 703
7. Article: Clinton campaign doesn't pay, others say 698
8. Article: Hospital case set for high court 616
9. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 531
10. Article: Shotgun shown during pizza shop robbery, say police 493
Flash Gallery
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 24-30 2,751
2. Flash Gallery: Wax Museum at Stratham Memorial 564
3. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 455
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 331
5. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 23 320