Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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