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