May's greatest hits, start of June

Here's a little more detail on our May numbers and our first June report.

As mentioned yesterday in May we had 37 percent growth in page views and 33 percent growth in unique users.

The top 10 stories in May were:
1. Portsmouth Police Log: 29,000
2. He'll pay $5,000 for a wife: 21,843
3. Two men broke into mini golf course to smoke pot in cave: 20,924
4. Community rallies to support beheaded ant: 16,702
5. Man accused of stealing beer had 152 arrests: 12,767
6. Opinion: Letters to the editor: 11,042
7. London 'Bachelor' proposes to Lornzo Lamas' daughter: 10,151
8. David Archuletta fans say their American Idol votes misdirected to David Cook: 8,225
9. AP Hosted (this is the automated feed of AP news): 8,114
10. The second coming of Narnia: Prince Caspian Review: 7,809

Top 10 photo galleries were:

1. Winnacunnet Prom: 362,652
2. Portsmouth Junior Prom: 265,970
3. Marshwood Junior Prom: 240,112
4. KHS Prom '08: 156,176
5. York High Prom: 138,117
6. Traip Academy Prom: 76,741
7. Wells Grand March: 57,182
8. Newmarket Prom: 42,480
9. Photos of the week May 12-18: 30,534
10. Sanborn Junior Prom: 29,323

Congratulations to all on a great month!

Monday, June 2

24,361 uniques and 168,002 page views

Top stories

1. Article: Profile of a serial killer 1,660
2. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,601
3. Article: $100K cash bail set for man who allegedly fired gun, led policeon chase 1,155
4. Article: Jeffrey R. Hoyt 1,016
5. Article: Dogs have their day for SPCA 1,005
6. Article: NH town mourns teen killed in crash on W.Va. raceway 923
7. Article: York toddler nearly loses toe on rusty playground slide 800
8. Article: Business Fractional aircraft program holds open house at newPease facility 737
9. Article: Are you carpooling to work due to high gas prices? 684
10. Article: No one hurt in workplace standoff in Dover, N.H. 593

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Epping Prom 2008 7,039
2. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Senior Prom 2008 5,811
3. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 5,450
4. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 5,198
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week May26-June1 3,511 6. Flash Gallery: Phillips Exeter Academy 2008 2,383
7. Flash Gallery: Raymond High Prom 2008 2,171 8. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 1,830
9. Flash Gallery: Prom pictures - user submitted 1,131
10. Flash Gallery: Wells H.S. Grand March 1,075